RUMOR: Nintendo NX to get Pokémon Game in First 6 Months

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The Wii U wasn’t the best console for Pokémon fans, save for the two stand out titles Pokkén Tournament and Super Smash Bros., but things may be improving console-wise with the launch of the Nintendo NX. Due to be released early next year, the new console is rumored to have a brand new Pokémon game in its library within six months of its launch.

MCV reports that this game will be developed by Game Freak, which is the studio responsible for primarily the handheld main series. This leaves speculation whether it will be a spin-off title or a more traditional adventure akin to those that have populated Nintendo handhelds for the last 20 years. Another possibility is an HD version of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS titles Pokémon Sun & Moon.

Can’t wait to hear more!

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330 thoughts on “RUMOR: Nintendo NX to get Pokémon Game in First 6 Months”

  1. I hope for a game similar to pokemon battle revolution, only with a more in depth customization aspect. I remember the original battle revolution showcased destructible environments before the idea was scrapped. it was like a battle frontier on the console.

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      • well theres different rules, like a battle frontier, with coliseum leaders for each area. for instance, theres a battle roulette area where each trainer puts their team on a spinnin dart board (both players teams on one board) and you throw darts to determine the team. I actually beat that lady the first time when I used one of her pokemon to take out 2 of mine haha.

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          • its for the wii, it can communitcate with your D/P/Pt/HG/SS to get your pokemon on there, otherwise you will be stuck with rentals. you could also customize your character, right down to the phrases they say when they win/lose/swap pokemon/send out their first pokemon, etc.

  3. So from what I can gather from Reddit. Gamefreak has a Policy where each and every employee, including janitors and delivery drivers I imagine, knows each and every detail about an upcoming game.

    Firstly, someone that knows as much detail as that guy claims to know, doesn’t ‘just get fired’, secondly surely they make their employees sign a disclosure, so either he’s getting himself in a lot of trouble, or he’s just a troll.

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  6. Interestingly enough, a surprisingly good amount of leaks this generation have turned out to be true.

    Codename “Niji” Rainbow
    Solgaleo and Lunala
    The starters
    And a couple other things. Interesting.

    It’s usually never like this.

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  7. Possibly fake, actually highly fake; but there is a Reddit rumour potentially detailing the upcoming NX game:
    – The project is being developed by three different studios and supervised by GameFreak.
    – The trailer of the game is being prepared for the NX reveal, but we might see it after Sun/Moon release.
    – There are difficulty options: New Trainer (Easy), Adventurer Trainer (Normal), and Veteran Trainer (Hard).
    – The difficulty adjust the AI, Enemy Levels, and Pokedollars you obtain.
    – Pokemon models are being done from scratch with two sets of textures (to explain this one is the normal coloration and one is shiny).
    – New Pokemon forms will have a huge role in the games.
    – The overworld is heavily detailed and battles feel immersive.
    – Customization will return once again.
    – Unlock various items by doing achievements.
    – The idea is to create a character and use it in future installments.
    – Exclusive items from the Pokemon Bank.
    – The game takes place in the Kanto Region with a complete overhaul to it.
    – The tone turns from happy to mysterious rather nicely with a good story.
    – “As far as story goes, Team Rocket had people working in the Mossdeep Space Center who recovered Meteorite Shards after the Delta Episode incident. They say that at first they thought they contained Deoxys’s gene but later found out that it was from another new Pokemon (I’ll keep this a secret). They basically use this gene to create super Pokemon called Hyper Forms. Not every Pokemon has a Hyper Form. It reminded me a lot of the GC games but there are physical changes which are permanent and they get a 2nd/3rd type which is new and exclusive to these pokemon. Dark Mewtwo which was introduced in Pokken has the codename project Zeta and a familiar character uses it. Giovanni is also back but he actually helps you this time by telling you the password to Team Rocket’s hideout. Later he gives you a special Rhyhorn with the ability Unstoppable Force which makes all of its moves super-effective against Hyper Forms. You also battle against Blue who is inside the Viridian City Gym but he isn’t the Gym Leader. He uses the same team as the one in Heart Gold/Soul Silver.”
    Lonk: https://www.reddit.com/r/Nintendo_NX/comments/4w52yp/pokemon_nx/

    It already looks fake. Yet, it was fun read.

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    • Looked interesting until the part with hyper forms, where it’s credibility dies. As people have said it sounds like a 9-year old made it/it’s just a rehash of shadow pokemon. And honestly the concept of yet another form of this kind is just vomit-inducing. Megas were good. God forbid Z-moves weren’t it and we also get that synchro bull. Adding hyper crap on top is like the fecal cherry on your vomit cake. Alolan forms is the sort of biologically realistic and interesting direction I’m glad the series is taking. But please, no more cancerous anime-style super-mega form escalations.

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  8. I kinda just want to talk about Ghetsis real quick. This guy…

    http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/2/27/Black_2_White_2_Ghetsis.png/185px-Black_2_White_2_Ghetsis.png

    This guy would freaking kill you if he had the chance. This guy was responsible for a terrorist attack in B2W2 where he froze a major city filled with people and a gym leader to get what he wanted.

    The guy raised his adopted, vulnerable, son to act for his own twisted ideals and made him the face of his evil organization.

    In B2W2, he tries to literally kill you with Kyurem. He tells it to use Glaciate on you. he says to freeze the player with the move that cannot freeze. He was actually going to freaking murder you right there.

    This guy is the best villain in the series. Just pure twisted evil. Plus, just listen to this music!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEbLAFHo5Ts

    Ghetsis is awesome

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  9. Well the NX is a handheld so IDK why everyone round here is acting like its going to be a home console… A Pokemon title on it isn’t just believable but inevitable !

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    • the names needs to be true cause i got the shinysearen url in tumblr and that closest thing i will get from a canon pokemon url

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    • “Gen 1 Pokémon get Alolan forms for the fans, specifically older fans.”
      Yes, let’s cater to the genwunners, because they’re exactly who are real fans are! Even if it isn’t true, I’m getting really sick of gen 1 favoritism.

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      • Not all older fans are “genwunners.” I’m a veteran player. Been playing Pokémon since the good ol’ Red & Blue days in 4th grade. I can honestly say that I love every single Pokémon design since the beginning minus Gumshoos. These Alolan variations are a fresh take on known Pokémon.

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          • Hey, I love Sigilyph! Psychic-types are my absolute favorite and its bizzare design is great. Mega Slowbro… well, I don’t dislike it, at least not anymore than I do Gumshoos.

          • I like Psychic types, but those two I dislike. I think it’s fair to say I prefer Gumshoos and long neck Exeggutor.

      • They’re doing this to do a “fresh start” on older Pokemon, because, as they’re getting older, most of them became irrelevant, Vulpix was one of them, useless since Gen 5, receives a boon as Drought as HA, only to weather get nerfed in Gen 6. Not only that, but also that power creep through the generations. But I think there will be Alolan forms for other, not-gen-1 Pokemons. Maybe this guy nails some revelations, but everything is false unless we have proof.

        Still, it’s fun to discuss people’s creativity.

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    • I can’t believe this ……the ask him about the “secret” that rockruff shares with the starters, and he said it’s the Z move ….really every pkmns can do that.

      Talonflame is rideable ???,26 ice pkmns??……some of them r make sense though.

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    • Not shocked nor heart broken…..I’m pretty set with the leaks we have and that’ll hold me over until we get more news lol

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    • I Really Don’t buy it.. . Yes so vague and just biting off what everyone else has bend say I from the original leaker. Total BS

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    • He admitted to lying about most of the stuff he said, but said it was only to keep people interested and said that the trailer on the 12th will prove some of the things he said were true. I call Taurosshit on that guy. He’s just bored and imaginative like all the other “leakers.” But, it’s kinda fun to read either way and I’m really looking forward to August 12th. The trailer will be different than others with that difference being it’ll be revealed at 10am JST which is night time for us Americans.

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  17. I would Actually buy it then. .. I feel like they may ditch the 3DS for this if both are handled. Only problem being the possible lack of 3D and no bottom screen (good riddance) for previous needed actions.
    I miss the childish adventurousness of Nintendo.. but I don’t feel their home systems live up to the hype personally.. yet

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    • Or rather, they don’t live up to what they once were. As much as I enjoyed the Wii, the Gamecube will forever be their last great home console.

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  18. I guess some didn’t read the rumor. NX is allegedly a handled that plugs up to something that goes to your TV to make it both a home console.
    The PS vita has long done this, but hopefully this will be more unique and improved. Not so tacked on.

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    • That’s a rather lackluster rumour. The NX is more likely a distinct handheld and console at this point. Nintendo recently deleted a video and information about a x86 console and ARM handheld from employee profiles. We will see in September.

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  19. Personally, I do not think the NX will be receiving an HD port of Pokemon Sun/Moon. As other have stated, it will devistate the sales of both games on each system. Yet, the NX is likely a distinct console and handheld as I stated previously. The systems will likely share games as Nintendo combined their handheld and console divisons to develop synchronous or similar hardware. Thus, I’m glad for the potential to see a console Pokemon game. I do not know why plenty of fans are opposed to seeing the main series games on powerful hardware. This would bring numerous players back to the series, while still remaining on it’s handheld roots. Just image how amazing the game would look. GameFreak has already done a great job with S/M on the 3DS, pushing the hardware to it’s limits. I’m prepared to see an outstanding Pokemon game. Personally, I want a Diamond/Pearl remake. Does anyone want a perticular game or is against the idea of Pokemon being on both a console and handheld?

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  20. alright guys we need some Clues here,the four islands is the ultimate Mystery Spot,so what are we got now on this Mysterious Island?

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  21. Ok so I can’t really say that the guy is legit or not. I don’t think he’d really have any real reason to lie per say, but there’s this guy on YouTube that said he went to Comic con. He said that he went to the Nintendo booth (which he stated was really just a little thing and nothing much) and started talking to a guy that worked there. The guy at the booth apparently was telling him that the first evolutions of the starters were going to be shown off really soon. The guy on Youtube was speculating that the 1st would have been the reveal, but he couldn’t have known as it was before we actually got the news. Anyway the guy from the booth stated that the evolutions of the starters are awesome. I’ve thought about what this guy supposedly heard and it gave me an idea based on the rumors we have. What if they DO reveal the first evolutions this month (which would be the 12th announcement)? It would obviously be WAY earlier than they’ve revealed the evolutions in the past. The reason they would be doing this so early is because maybe the starters really DO have split evolutions. Typically the first evolutions are shown either the month before or the month of the game release depending on the date it’s set to come out. What if they do the first evos this month and then when they typically show off the first ones they actually show us the final ones we’ve already seen. Then the next month, which I assume would be December, after the games come out, they show off the other half of the split? Now again I don’t think the guy on YouTube has any real reason to lie per say, but I suppose he could have been told a bunch a BS from the guy at the booth as well. I think it makes a bit of sense if you ask me. What do you guys think?

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  22. Theory:

    What if the rumor about split starter evos is true? There is a daytime evo and nighttime evo for each starter. The leaked starter images could be the night time evos. Rowlet’s hood and bow make him almost like an assassin lurking in the shadows. Also perhaps the darkness of night makes Litten go berserk and thats why he becomes a dirty fighter hence the Fire/Dark. Popplio however could represent the purity of the moon and also Fairy type has been associated with the moon a lot (Moonblast, Moonlight etc.) which is why it could be Water/Fairy. The daytime evos could be the types found on the pokemon website, Grass/Ground, Fire, Water/Fighting. Grass/Ground would make Rowlet a burrowing owl and since owls are nocturnal he could be trying to dig to escape sunlight. Because the darkness is not in effect, Litten will stay “pure”, hence the pure fire typing. Also because it is daytime Popplio has time to be physically active and practice his acrobatic skills. This then results in him becoming Water/Fighting.

    Thoughts?

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      • Well people doubted that they’d change the types and looks of older Pokemon and have them be SuMo exclusives and yet here we are with Alolan forms lol

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    • Good theory i just think the whole thing is over complicated and unnecesaary. One starter evo has always worked fine. There’s really no reason to have these, though if we do, your thinking is probably correct…

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    • Good ideas. It would be cool if it were true.

      I hope it’s actually day/night and not version-exclusive starter evos… meaning the “day” evos are Sun-exclusive and the “night” evos are Moon-exclusive.

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  23. alrighty guys lets celebrate some good news! pokemon GO usage has dropped by about 30% already! we are on the right track! lets keep it up!

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    • Oh yay, a game that’s bringing the franchise to a wider audience and could help keep pokémon relevant quite a long time if they pace the new features right is being ruined by a miscalculated update and bad PR. Joy.

      Seriously though it seems like you despise the game and that’s fine, your opinion and all that, but do you really want do see a game that’s making the 20th anniversary a success fail? Hell it’s helping people get out, communicate, and in some cases heal their mental and social issues..

      Are you that intense in your hate you just want to watch the world burn? What’s so bad about the game anyway?

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      • valid points, and yes, Pokemon Go is great and I personally don’t understand why people are upset with the update but maybe I didn’t do enough research. But honestly now it was bound to reduce in popularity at some point, I didn’t think it would last very long to begin with, since over half of the people playing it are not pokemon fans and are just playing it to pass the time or because its the in thing, it’s all downhill from here

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        • The update removed the non-working three steps tracker, though they did promise distance tracking to come back.

          EDIT: Also people are having reports of harder catches and more escapes, though they also said it was a bug and they’re fixing it for the next patch.

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          • I never said it didn’t work at some point, I’m just saying it never worked from day one here, so no one in my country really cared, so I guess its just a US and whatever other countries that had it problem? but you can still find pokemon so its not really too big of a deal imo, I’m sure they’ll fix it

        • “over half of the people playing it are not pokemon fans and are just playing it to pass the time or because its the in thing” This is exactly why it’s lasting so long. It’s summer and there’s a trendy thing around, so naturally everyone who wants to be trendy is getting involved in it until the next hideous mutation of Candy Crush comes along. For many it’s more of a habit than something they genuinely enjoy.

          Also the vocal dislike for it isn’t related to its drop in popularity. The people who actively dislike it now are the people who have been actively disliking it for weeks.

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      • sun and moon are perfect for what the 20th anniversary is supposed to be: a good game for the people who have been faithful and enjoying pokemon for as long as they’ve been into it. pokemon GO is a half-assed, lazy, watered down attempt to get people who left after gen 1 to come back, and those people are not who the 20th anniversary celebration SHOULD be targeted at. anyone who is introduced to the series will, chances are, not buy a 3ds, and not play any main series pokemon games because “wahhh, these are too complicated/there’s too many pokemon/all the new pokemon suck/fairy isn’t a type”. on another note, its also bringing us some unwanted attention. Older people who see all the trouble pokemon GO is causing are associating all things pokemon with it. anything pokemon is now automatically the cause of the same controversy that started with GO.

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        • That the same casuals who would play GO won’t necessarily play Sun and Moon at all. Is that what you want, Pokemon’s audience to be super limited to that?

          And video games get unwanted attention all the time, the old media (who know they are clearly dying so they keep sensationalizing whatever they can get their grubby hands on) will just focus on what’s popular at the time.

          Finally, I’d just go ahead and welcome the new breed and old guard of Pokemon fans. Don’t send them away, just like the people saying Smash is not a fighting game or the people that say Melee is the only version of Smash worth competing on.

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        • From what I’ve seen it’s not half-assed and lazy, it’s just it’s own thing (ok fair it can be in your opinion but that seems unfairly harsh), though obviously all the features haven’t been rolled out. That’s because they’re pulling a splatoon cos they want to get the ball rolling early (and potentially only have to deal with glitches and issues step by step), and that’s not necessarily a bad model, just a different one.

          Who are you to say who the 20th anniversary celebrations should be targeted at? I’m annoyed by genwunners as much as the next person, but a lot of these people simply have had other things to do with their life and are happily reconnecting with a part of their childhood. How is that bad exactly? Is a franchise the sole preserve of it’s diehard fans?Pokémon would never be where it is now and have an invested fanbase this size without it’s permanent aura of relative relevence to casuals. Ergo the 20th anniversary should welcome them too.

          And you’re just assuming no one will transition to the new games. Now yeah, most won’t, sure, but some sure will, especially when more gens get added to GO, as planned (and though they may start with gen 2 you can bet they’ll put gen VII before most of the others, and that’ll ease people into sun and moon).

          And it’s our job to ease them in, and help them discover and share our love for the franchise. Why the hell keep the franchise selfishly to ourselves when, thanks to go, you can start talking about pokémon with random people in the street! A closed off, selfish, self-important fanbase is a toxic one.

          I for one am delighted about the exposure pokémon is getting from Go and the 20th anniversary. Pokémon is being talked about again. It’s all over the news. Go is making it relevant like it was back when Gen I came out. Think about it, pokémon is one of those uniquely rare juggernaut franchises, on par only with things such as Star Wars, that legitimately have become not just big media events, but proper large-scale social phenomena. Go is an inherent part of this, and a social phenomenon on it’s own merits (which it wouldn’t have been without the pokémon label). And without it, the pokémania that gave the franchise it’s legendary status wouldn’t be back among us after about 15 years of absence!

          How in the hell is this bad! Pokémon is nearing the popularity of it’s greatest days, just in time for the 20th anniversary! It’s the thing in everyone’s ears, mind, and pocket again! Doesn’t an alternative where it just sort of stagnates at it’s (already huge tbf) popularity and only caters to it’s core fans seem sadder in comparison? We’re getting Sun and Moon, and everyone’s getting GO. Everyone’s satisfied and the pokémon franchise is in rockin’ shape. Should purely your own dislike warrant people getting fewer nice things and the anniversary being less of a success? It’s not like having Go takes anything away from having sun and moon!

          Keeping the 20th anniversary just for the invested fans wouldn’t just be unfair to the series’s nature, it’d also be a terrible business and marketing decision compared to the current situation. Thanks to Go Nintendo’s stock prices went up and thus it’ll have more trust to act as it sees fit and more investment to guarantee it’s success. It’s win-win really, it really is.

          And as for controversy, it was there back when the original pokémania was kicking as well. The world’s full of idiots, always has been, always will be. If something’s all over the news, idiots who like bashing things and stirring sh*t are bound to turn their attention towards it, and people who don’t care or understand it are bound to get exasperated by it, and to have it easier to make their dislike heard. If you let all the idiots who are stirring/believing controversy around go, and those who furthermore are that are that more idiotic that they associate everything pokémon with it, be a reason to get rid of go because it’s threatening pokémon, you’re simply letting them win. Idiots like that should be challenged laughed at, but mostly just ignored. Pokémon is doing amazingly well thanks to Go, and as I’ve tried to demonstrate it’s existence is purely a win-win. The uninformed haters can just suck it, don’t let their reactions seem valid and advance their uninformed cause, just let them be dumb in their corner.

          And this is from someone who’s never been massively hyped about go, who only downloaded it this week and started playing yesterday, and for whom the game has done nothing but crash so all they have is 1 charmander and a lot of frustration.

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        • Amen to the anti-Pokemon GO rant.
          Most genwunners don’t really love pokemon, they just desparately want their childhoods back because they’ve realised their adult lives suck. That and they’re not good enough to play competatively anymore because they only understand gen1 rules and can’t comprehend fairy.

          On the bright side: They said the kids playing video games should get out more, and they got their wish alright. I don’t think anyone will be telling gamers to get out the house and enjoy the fresh air in a hurry anymore 😀

          Most importantly though, this: “a good game for the people who have been faithful and enjoying pokemon for as long as they’ve been into it.”
          I remember my days starting in Gen 3 (700+ hours), then Gen 2, then Gen 1, then the excitement of Gen 4 (first day I got it I played for 36 hours straight, got about 500 hours total), then the mixed reaction but general happiness with Gen 5, then the slightly gap, then the arrival of Gen 6, also mixed, but more positive than Gen 5. Then the Gen 3 remakes which did well. And now here I stand, awaiting Gen 7. Again feelings are mixed, but there are already new pokemon I am happy with and I can’t wait for a tropical region. It is the dedicated people with similar stories to mine for whom Gen 7 should be built.

          To focus too heavily on Gen 1 now would forsake those greater years that followed.

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    • It’s pretty standard for any game to drop off users after launch. Some people tried it and it ain’t their cup of tea. It’s nothing to be worried about.

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    • Pretty normal for a Game.
      I dunno why Pokemon Go is considered so special. It will play out just like any other game

      Also people are reporting that the game eventually becomes pay to play, which will obviously put off a massive fraction of the players who only play casually, such as myself for example.

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