Imagine you had knowledge of a brand-new game; when would be the best time to share its existence with people that cared? If you chose “on the day that its predecessor finally arrived 9 months after it was announced”, you might just be a jerk. That’s exactly what Tom Phillips, and gaming site Eurogamer, decided to do on the release of Pokémon Sun & Moon with the revelation that a third game, codenamed Pokémon Stars, was in the works.
Two months and one giant Nintendo Switch press conference later we’re still no closer to learning about whether or not the game exists. Other gaming journalists, eager to capitalize on the buzz about the title, even casually doled “info” on Reddit (yes, I’m referring to Laura K. Dale).
I like rumors. I imagine that most people visiting my site like rumors. What I don’t like is when professional gaming sites build up hype for a title that seems like it will be revealed soon, but ends up being a no-show. With Sun & Moon being announced a full nine months in advance, it wouldn’t be too crazy to assume that we would get a five or six month advance notice of Stars if it was going to be a Summer 2017 release (which was later “pushed back” according to these same sources).
Just because you have information doesn’t mean you need to share it right away. Professional gaming sites (which this site is not, we’re a fansite) should temper expectations and let fans have at least a little enjoyment of a game’s release before they’re bombarded with news about a successor that may or may not exist.
You all may feel different, but I had to weigh in with my disappointment on how the “professionals” have handled things.
WHAT THE HELL KIND OF SITE POSTS RUMORS LIKE THIS ANYHOW?!
Exposed?
what about buzz feed?
Sun and Moon just came out not too long ago. I think I can wait for Star’s release.
If it exists, that is. Lol
Bait.
How is it a let down? Eurogamer/Laura Kate Dale/Emily Rogers don’t have any power over when the game will be announced.They simply reported on what they heard while the information was still fresh to them. Did it seem like the right time to release the info on the release date of SuMo? Maybe not, but in no way did it take away from SuMo. Either way you can’t blame people for saying what they hear. Info gets leaked to people all the time. Sometimes rumors come out months or even as long as a year from when the games actually get announced. That doesn’t mean the people reporting on said rumors are trying to string people along. They’re just getting the info out when they can. Let’s say Stars did get announced without any prior rumors. then Eurogamer stated that they knew all along. People would be calling them liars or just wanting to jump on board then too. You can’t blame people for saying what the DO know and not what they don’t. None of the leakers for Stars ever stated that it would be shown off or even announced anytime soon. And once again I doubt the idea of a new Pokemon game ruined SuMo for anyone. It’s pretty obvious at some point we’ll get a new game. It certainly didn’t ruin it for me……..Sorry for the rant hahaha
Journalism isn’t just about sharing news, it’s also about when to share news. Gaming isn’t the most life-or-death news genre, but I think it should be handled in a way that respects fans. I think in this case they just wanted the big $$$ that came from Sun & Moon being a hot topic and they knew it would drive traffic.
That may be, but you have no way of knowing what they were really thinking. Again I’d say that yes maybe the actual release date of SuMo may not have been the most appropriate time to do it, but it’s not like it really ruined anything for anyone. News site/stations report news in this fashion all the time. I’m sure you have also thought at one time or another that certain rumors or news could help this site out a bit. You just gotta play the game. Them posting about Stars so early may not have been very tasteful, but it’s not like it was hurting anyone. either way everyone has a right to their opinions lol
So you support sloppy Tumblr journalism. Good to know.
Yea its like how Pokemon Go was hot thats all u saw from news articles was rumors that were never true
100000% agreed
Shit like this is why we need Gamer Gate.
So how can Stars fix Sun and Moon?
Who wants to work for nintendo?
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The Translator got fired lol
I hope thats not actually the case, yeah he messed up big time but I thought it was just nerves, poor guy
Yea It does suck for the guy, but i thought there was more then one? was it the same guy the whole time
yes, Im pretty sure every person had a different translator, they just happened to give that guy most of the work
i do feel bad, it must suck messing up. I’d be nervous too if i had to translate for 500,000+ people
Honestly it’s probably not the that the guy got fired. After the internet had a good laugh at his misery, People pretty quickly realized that most of the presentation was scripted, but Suda51(being him) pretty much went completely off script needing the translator to translate in realtime. Made worse was that apparently filled his speech with old Japanese fighting game references that even a vet. translator would have trouble picking up on.
Yea, but it still sucks that guy is one of the reasons people hated the event
Yeah, but that’s because most people are kind of idiots who would hate on someone for little to no justifiable reason rather then look deeper and see who’s at fault.
yea i understand, i didnt think he did that bad of a job, i think was more focused on the game trailers lol
OMG THIS IS HYSTERICAL!
Plot twist, what if Trollface (you all know who I’m talking about) is actually Verlis coming to get his revenge
Verlis expose video incoming
“This just in, Pokejungle hates men and treated me badly.”-Verlis
“They also use hacked mons”
Can we stop referencing him please?
Who, Verlis or Ziggy [redacted]?
Ziggy
Shit…I think you’re right. #CaughtHim
Gaming “journalism”, similar to comics and film “journalism” isn’t journalism. These industries are little more than fan sites. And guess what, there’s nothing wrong with that. As long as these people don’t turn out to be lying trolls, gimme all the info your heart desires. I’m not 5 years old. I know how to temper my emotions and expectations and on the off chances that I fail to do so I don’t blame other people. Has responsibility for oneself delapitated to the point that people are blaming news sources for creating too high of expectations for a product? Seriously… Screw modern society.
Usually, for rumors like these, I can expect that it has a high chance of being fake, so I take in a grain of salt. Plus, I’m not really expecting Stars to be announced right away, taking in consideration the the fact that PokeBank has not released yet and Battle Competitions have just started (basically) for Sun and Moon. I will expect it to be announced in May at the latest, though.
I have no opinion on this, nor do I care that much, but I respect that you’re so passionate about it, PJ 😀
So this is where you were all hiding
Yep, even though I got here about 20 minutes ago XD
I’ve been staring there for 20 mins. XD
I have a new Pokémon for my fan-region its a Tardigrade and water type one of its special features is smallest Pokémon on record so far being 3 inches tall
Since this article is a little negative, I’ll tell you something pretty cool and that makes me happy. I got my first ever hunted shiny last night, it was a Rowlet that I got at fourteen eggs. I have only ever done one hunt before this, for Chespin. Needless to say, I didn’t get it. P.S. I named him Roy like red arrow.
🙂
Nice job! Once I get my shiny charm (come on Bank!) I’ll prolly start Masuda-ing for Pokemon too. I can deal with the battles for hunting without a charm, but breeding is so boring and I won’t do it without the charm lol
Oh yeah, I also got my shiny charm last night.
Gen 4 remakes are much more likelier than Stars and they didn’t even get any mention :/
Not really, if SuMo gets sequels they make more sense to come out. And tbh, it has a lot of plot threads to be resolved
Yeah, but plot thread’s being unresolved wouldn’t be new in Pokemon. Look at gen 6 and a lack of any squeal games. As well you can’t really ignore the elephant in the room that their’s always going to be a stigma to making a direct sequel to any pokemon game after the considerable lower sales of B&W 2.
XY didn’t have any astounding ones though, compared to say, Lillie going to Kanto or the whole ordeal with Mohn. XY just had minor plot threads like Zygarde and the ghost girl
Yeah, but your points pretty subjective. Lillie’s point is pretty much taken care of by talking to Wicke at some point in the game saying that she’s going to see Bill since he’s a good bet on curing her mother, and Mohn’s kind of not important in any sense. He might be their father, and he might not be. However anything about him would be pretty irreverent. It wouldn’t really add anything more to the game since he’s barely mentioned in the story and him coming back really doesn’t have that many options to explore from a story telling point.
I mean true, but it’s undeniable that the plot points are at least more apparent than XY, not to mind the fact that SuMo were a phenomena and a sequel can cash in on that
That’s not that tied up though. Do they ever meet Bill? Can Bill even help Lusamine?
Also Mohn is obviously their father. He looks like them, is mentioned inadvertently if not by name (can’t remember if Gladion does say so or not, but he mentions his father’s role in Ultra Beast research and the pioneer mentioned in the dimension lab place is called Mohn), and is the reason that Lillie, Lusamine, and Gladion are where they are now. It’s his absence that drove Lusamine insane and caused her to isolate her children, which drives the whole point of SuMo. From a story telling point, it’d just be interesting to see what happens when someone is reunited with a long lost loved one and how they’ll cope with that change and then, cause each other to possibly change once more or to reflect on how they’ve changed. Saying he’s irrelevant is just unjustified imo
I was expecting this to be an article saying that stars was all a lie. xD
I sorta felt the same way you did PJ. Everyday on my way to school I check pokejungle, and if I’m being honest, I was kinda dissapointing to find out that the game that I was so excited to play was going to inferior to this next game, the announcement timing was pretty bad.
I need help with something in Emerald:
So I’m not sure what levels my Pokemon should be when taking on the Elite Four, I’ve been doing a little bit of training and this is what my team looks like so far:
Sceptile (lv 47)
Hariyama (lv 43)
Slaking (lv 44)
Crawdaunt (lv 44)
Manectric (lv 43)
Flygon (lv 45)
The first Elite Four member’s highest leveled Pokemon is level 49, so I am trying to aim for there. Though, in your opinion, how much more should I train up to? And is Victory Road the best place to level up at, or are there other ways to get exp faster in Emerald?
Level to 50-53
Best place to train in match call- If not then I guess Victory road. (The reporters arent bad either)
Thank you so much
Sydney is kinda easy depending on what you use but I think your good but yes all except Hariyama and Sceptile are perfect for VR I beat Sydney with
Sceptile lvl.42
Raichu lvl.45
Aggron lvl.40 something
Sealeo lvl.42
Dodrio lvl.40 some
Heracross lvl.39
He was semi hard but with Hariyama you are Golden
Did you remember what it was like for the other Elite Four members with your team?
I lost to Phiobe sadly In emerald I have never beaten past Dyndney so far
I always aim for lvl 50.
Gabby and Ty, and the match call feature are your best bet for leveling up quick.
Thanks
Wait does Sceptile know Pusuit? Or does any of them know it?
Sadly no… But I can reteach Sceptile Pursuit if you want
Its alright but because Phiobe switches constantly that a strong choice to fight Phiobe
I’ll reteach Sceptile Pursuit then
Also, my Slaking knows Shadow Ball, so it can just spam that for the majority of the battle too lol
I actually agree with this article. It wasnt in their place to reveal anything new. Sure they are journalist, but you have to know when to reveal information. Pokemon isnt a topic we NEED to know about. If they do reveal early, they could have waited a couple of months. They revealed Stars maybe a month or two after SM. Give us some more time with the game before you start making everyone talk about a new game. Honestly, I feel like Im being rushed with sun and moon, everyone is making hope list for Stars, and I barely even compiled a top 10 list for things a love about this game. Heck, I havent even finished everything in my Sun (stupid battle tree)
However, I don’t if they even know when Stars will be officially revealed so they probably just revealed asap it just in case (Which I do not agree with). I think it was very unprofessional of them to reveal it this early.
Really hope these rumors are false. I would Hate for Stars to be just sun and moon, so why give it the code name to begin with? Well only time will tell…
Sun and Moon had a code name lool. Project Rainbow
What if stars is a code name for DP remakes and sources just fabricated the new Pokemon stuff because it sounded like a sequel to SM?
I’ve been telling you blokes for weeks that Stars isn’t real
We just got Sun and Moon 3 months ago and you greedy craps collectively believe in false rumors
It’s fun to speculate.
Aka stoking the fires of false belief and like fire it spreads to the point where people actually believe it’s real
Yeah doesn’t that sound like a blast?
No, no it doesn’t
I find zero appeal in getting excited for a game that won’t be,
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Wipe that smirk on that face mister
¯_(o_o)_/¯
Release would be October 2017, which is roughly a year after Sun and Moon. And just because this article which doesnt contain any facts at all implies Stars is fake, doesn’t actually mean its true. Laura Kate is a very respected journalist with legit contacts so debunking her leak because it doesnt sound logical to you is just lame.
It very much means it’s fake “And just because this article which doesnt contain any facts at all implies Stars is fake, doesn’t actually mean its true.” the bs is so real I can feel it
Is it that farfetch’d?
One of my favorite Mons, plus, right now, I don’t even care if Stars is real or not, all I want is walking animations for pokemon and a pokebank update
It might not be, but it does come from a very reliable source. Its honestly 50-50. Or 60-40 against it being fake
Don’t care, either it’s real or not take your pick
Lol I don’t think there’s a third option.
“I believe its 60% stars and 40% not stars”
Not everything is black and white Earthen, not everyone wants to scream ‘it’s real/it isn’t real’
Well in the end I end up being smarter and level headed
Smarter and level headed would be accepting you can be wrong or right, idiot
Finally someone who speaks sense.
I mean
Any third version would be in development either at the same time or just after SuMo, and planning would’ve been early too. It’s a believable rumor, get your smug ass off your high horse
Rumor schmumor
Lately as of XY direct sequels have bee fleeting
XY went straight into ORAS and Sun and moon went onto their own thing to pathetically fill in some of the many cracks XY made
So don’t blame me, blame the formula
Um not really
We’ve got two pairs of direct sequels (BW2 and GSC) and they came years after another, they can pop up pretty much any time because there’s no pattern
I’m more upset by the Mario Kart rumors. “Oh, I’m hearing 16 new tracks for the Mario Kart port.” And then it comes out that there will be no new tracks lol. I’m still excited to play Mario Kart on Switch and the new battle mode, but that’s false hype right there.
In regards to Stars, I didn’t expect it announced at the Switch event.
Yeah they said no new courses tracks or nuthin’ sadly I don’t feel like shelling out 60 clams for a battle mode THAT SHOULDVE BEEN LIKE THAT TO BEGIN WITH
Damn it I want some clams now
Or sea food…
I’d kill for a raw bar
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I’m still gonna get it, I’m glad they finally fixed Battle Mode. But the constant rumors of we could be getting as many as 16 new tracks only to be met with uh, no? No new tracks at all. That’s a letdown.
Wait so is it paying $60 for an addition to an old game mode. And new net characters…
Why buy it?
That is what we call a DLC
Wait are you serious? Its $60?
Yes, yes it is why do you thing we’re getting our collective panties in a twist
Not everyone bought the original
Because it’s the old game + DLC + new characters and battle mode, and not everyone bought the game before
Because I’m a sucker and love Mario Kart
But. Will it even havethe dlc from mk8?
Yes it has all the DLC
Lol GG Mk8. My last MK game
If they offered a discount in the future maybe
But Earthen ain’t gonna be a sucker for this shit
Very poor on their end honestly
They can wow me with the switch day and night and sure I might go for it but my higher part of my brain is the telling me when they pull their typical lazy stupidity
what do you mean no new tracks? we saw new tracks when they showed it off at the switch event
TBF 48 tracks is a ton for a MK game, but if the new battle mode and characters is really are there is, I might reconsider purchasing it.
Something just occurred to me. When Kimishima took over, he said that Nintendo directs would take on a new format in 2016. Well, here we are in 2017, and directs are just more sparse, they’re still the same.
Instead of Stars, how about some news on Bank
I predicted it will come from 17-24
Screen shot this
… I honestly don’t get the point of this article
It’s telling y’all to stop being stupid, think RATIONALLY and actually gain some common sense
It’s the kinda kick into the pants I revel in
People really shouldn’t have expected this to be revealed in freaking January. Like I’m 99% sure this is real but come on… they would not reveal it now!