Pokémon Company CEO and President Tsunekazu Ishihara sat down with Toyo Keizai for an interview about Pokémon GO as well as the upcoming Nintendo Switch console. The most interesting thing to come out of it is what he says about development for the main game series:
そのため、ポケモンをスイッチへ出すとしたら、これまで通りのやり方ではいけない。私たちはポケモン本編以外にも、格闘ゲームの『ポッ拳』やダンジョンRPGの『不思議のダンジョン』などの派生タイトルを作っている。それらの中で、スイッチに適合しやすいものから順番に対応していこうと考えている
Essentially they’re considering ways to bring Pokémon onto the new console, from the main series to spin-offs (Pokkén and Mystery Dungeon are mentioned directly). He also says that they must change the development process that they’ve used up until now.
Definitely could be nod towards rumors about a Pokémon Sun & Moon follow-up title coming to the Switch later this year, but he finishes the interview saying that they have nothing new to announce at this time.
In other news, the Chinese Riddler has re-surfaced and resumed posting about Pokémon goods. He teased fans to guess what 3 mystery Pokémon were hidden in this merchandise set:
‘Pokémon Day’ is on Monday, February 27 and could bring some major Pokémon news with it! Remember… Sun & Moon had their reveal at this time last year! Thank you for the tip Jynx (although she wasn’t part of translation).
Today was the most stressful school day of the year, by far. A quiz, an in-class essay, and a test in that order. I’m also not confident that I did well on any of them because I had to worry about all three at once. With that said, the Switch is like a blessing. I know I’ll make it through somehow so I can get the future of Nintendo in my hands. Maybe I’ll swallow my pride and finish TPHD this weekend…there’s no way I could enjoy that anyway…
Thats terrible I remember my worst day of the year so far (it actually was Tuesday) I had 2 major chapter tests in Math and History, the next day I had to worry of my German Test, had to turn in my critical paper that day and if I fail it I get an F for my third marking period, Go to 2 consecutive clubs back to back (I didn’t go till later to the second one though)
But yeah your day did sound sh*tty hope you love the Switch!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km9SuAjtXjM
Fishing is the worst part in Twilight Princess
Fishing is the worst part in all the Zelda games
Welp here we go again.The famous/infamous riddler returns
http://sallandiit.tumblr.com/post/157636832264/spazzeon-clefairydance-every-time-someone
BLEHHHGGG
no virtual console at launch >:(
Who the frack cares, that day should be dedicated to Zelda and Zelda alone
I truly cannot wait to venture out and explore every inch of this living breathing world, I will wander through the thickest Forests, dive deeper into any body of water, scale the tallest peaks and trudge through the longest desert, and all in pursuit of excitement and bewilderment because I truly believe this is just not a simple game, it is a world… A world endowed with feeling and life, it truly feels alive.
This how I feel too. And after I completed Zelda 100% there’s Horizon and Persona 5 waiting for me so I won’t miss the VC much until later this year.
This could be a good thing, emphasis on the could. Maybe this means that instead of dripping it out slowly over the console’s lifetime that they’re preparing a larger library or something, who knows.
Or nothing at all haha.
I really hope some new alolan form will be introduced in Stars. Here are some of my ideas:
Alolan Ponyta (Electric) ->
Alolan Rapidash (Electric/Dark)
They needed to survive storms.
Normal Spearow ->
Alolan Fearow (Dragon/Flying)
Magic energy from the Dragon Trial affected Spearow when it was evolving.
Alolan Farfetch’d (Flying/Fighting)
In alola sticks that Farfetch’d eat are diffrent. They affected the strenght of Farfetch’d, making them better at flying and battling.
Do you have any new Alolan form ideas?
Yeah, we take all existing Alolan forms and forms yet to be and toss them into a volcano
I like the Farfetch’d one, I think the others might be a little… Farfetch’d.
They’re awful
omg this riddler again..everything he said was wrong last time why do he even still post these shit ?
Idk, he’s full of shit
Anyone here? Or realize Casscoon’s tournament starts today?
I’m here, I’ve been bored out of my mind
There’s no wifi at my Aunts and I’m sucking down the data like some kinda weevil
But my Anything Goes Team is actually doing well…minus that legend team
I’m here, the place is always empty at this time of the day
Indeed it does. So go ahead and start the matches
Oh right did you get my question if Pokémon from Gen.6 or RBY are allowed
I’m here, and I feel loads better now. But a bit bored and I should do some homework, ugh?
Ughhhhhhhhhhhh my Aunt’s house is nothing more than the home of the slothful and gluttonous
I’ve been up since 5:30 Am and I’ve bled all my info spots dry
@irvinap:disqus you ready to do team options? Also what level will my Pokemon be? I assume my options will be based on that.
Well I was going to throw lvls. In later but for Fire you have
Ponyta
Flareon
Houndour/Doom
Slugma
Larvesta
Salandit
Litwik or R. Lampent
Possibly Heatmor
Obsiditer (The Rock/Fire Raptor Fossil)
A still unnamed Fire type Rabbit
You can have 3 Pokémon
I was just thinking because Level determines evo stage.
I think I’ll have these 3:
Obsiditer
A still unnamed Fire type Rabbit
And Houndoom unless Ultron picked it in which case I’ll go with R. Lampent.
What is R. Lampent like anyway?
He didn’t choose so your good but its actually based on Street lamp and instead of feeding on life energy they have adapted to Feeding on Electricity trying to combine old oil lamps and new Electric ones making it Fire/Electric
Which number gym am I? I kinda want all 4. Are you also doing re-match teams?
You are #3 and you can have four if you want and yes rematch teams do happen
In Emerald Wattson has 4 so that should be OK. Are the re-match teams more Pokemon on the team + national dex?
Yep they are +Nat. Dex.
So I think for the re-match team it would be:
1.Houndoom
2. Final Fossil stage
3. Final Rabbit stage
4. R-Chandelure
5. Final Fire Starter stage (whatever it may be)
6. Arcanine (unless I can have Infernape, but that may detract attention from your starter idk)
Nah you can have Infernape alright thanks
The Casual Tourney has been started!!
http://challonge.com/CasualSm
You all have until next Saturday to finish your round one battles
Yay!
time to finish my teamI’ll be ready later today, we can battle then! >:)
I need to finish my team tooIf anyone is dropping out please speak now!
(I made this comment to scare you when you saw “one person is typing…”)
Can we use Gen.6 Pokémon (that came from previous Generations via Bank)
Yup
Ok cause most of my team is foreign (but don’t worry 100% legal Pokémon are on it)
Kurusu if you win your round with Spectral will you be able to battle twice within the week? Just so everything lines up.
SHIT IM STILL MISSING MY LAST MON
I feel like Noctowl should get some kind of boost, it’s the worst regional bird in competitive terms but I love its design.
Needs a mega with a speed buff. Psychic/flying
Yes, and since it has Mega’s speed as soon as it M-evolves it won’t be such a problem.
We’ve had a dropout!
http://challonge.com/CasualSm
This is how the new tournament forms looks!
Please read this and find out your new opponent!!!!
This is also the finalized tournament bracket!!
Note: You cannot switch pokemon between matches!
Note2: Please try to save each battle!
Note2 might be tricky for me, I have a habit of not saving them, but I’ll try.
When Is it starting?
Till when do we have to finish out matches?
Starts now. You have until March 4, 2017
What day is it again?
(Please try to look before commenting)
It’s from today to March 4, 2017.
Sorry, I’m on mobile and scrolling is infuriating XD
LISTEN UP PEOPLE I HAVE SOMETHING TO ANNOUNCE!
Last night I went to Gamestop (to preorder the archer link amiibo to pick it up with BotW, but they were all out, sadly), and they had their switch display up, not the actual console or anything but the boxes and stuff. For one thing, the Nintendo section is now at the front of the store, for whatever reason. Second thing, the joycon boxes were TINY. Like seriously, if the boxes were that small then the joycon must be minuscule. And the game boxes were also really small, but I like the change. Imagine a cross between a 3DS case and a Wii U case, but thinner, and that’s a switch game case size.
Nothing too major but it was pretty exciting for me.
The switch game cases looked pretty big from the pics I’ve seen. Seems like wasted plastic
I opened one up and saw the size of the game holder thingy, and it’s also small compared to the cases. However, the cases look much larger online because compared to the tiny game holds thingy, they are big.
I don’t think I’m explaining this correctly. I’ll just say trust me they’re small.
I understand what you’re sayin
Nah, they are fine. At one point you can’t make the case smaller, it has to have a certain size for it to handle well (distribution, box art attractiveness,…) and to not lose it easily. The amount of plastic ‘wasted’ is also quite small compared to some other industries, since most people retain their cases. There’s a lot less plastic going into garbage dumps compared to food packaging for example.
You explained it better than I did lol
I know, I’m just comparing it to the WiiU cases, which were good size because of the discs being much larger. I think they could still shrink them though, and make them the size of the 3DS cases.
I think they made them rectangular so it still has this home console feel, while also differentiating from DS/3DS cases. I feel like they hit a sweet spot for the cases, I still like to display them on my bookshelve.
Well, from the images and videos about the switch that I’ve seen, the joycons don’t look tiny but that must be an optical illusion but the boxes look extremely big not small .-.
what if the joycons are sideways in the box
The boxes were vertical, like building shaped. They wouldn’t fit sideways.
Oh, I’m talking about the single joycon.
ohhh ok, i saw the actual boxes with joycons inside. not just display 😉
Earthen: this looks so slick, but that price with shipping and taxes makes my doubt a lot: https://www.sfbags.com/products/nintendo-switch-cityslicker-case. 115 dollars for a case might be a bit over the top.
@Cascoon
Can I have the ban list again please?
Mega Gengar, Mega Lucario, Mega Salamence, Blaziken, Mega Kangaskhan, Mega Mawile, Aegislash Mamoswine Marowak Magnezone Metagross Greninja Toxapex Mandibuzz Pinsir Scizor Garchomp Mimikyu Skarmory
And ALL legends (except Null and Silvally)
Got it, thanks!
I have zero ground types….
Question:
What do you guys prefer Z moves or Megas?
Personaly, Z moves are miles better than Megas. Z- moves arent as game changing as megas, meaning if your opponent has a z move it doesnt mean it just lose, but with megas you lose if they have a mega you cant counter. Z moves just look cooler than megas. Lastly, Z-moves are more shocking than Megas. If you see a pokemon that can mega you can guess it will mega. Z moves you never what Z move it has or what pokemon can use it.
Z-Moves are shit.
No one even cares about them, and they bring nothing new to Pokémon. They might as well have never existed.
I don’t understand the recent hate for megas,they changed the meta game,made old forgotten Pokemon amazing like mawile,gave fan-favorites like Charizard new designs and also created a lot more hype than z moves.
What would you rather have.
Your favourite Pokemon get a Mega,or a unique Z move?
Mega’s didn’t need to happen cause simple solution to old forgotten ones… Pre Evolution or Evolution could have applied for: Absol, Kangaskahn, Audino, Sableye (but I like Sableye’s regardless), Heracross, Mawile and Pinsir
But I’m fine with Megas just not Ray, Salamence, Garchomp, Gyrados, Glalie, Kangaskahn, and especially Slowbro!
What’s wrong with Glalies’ ?
The Brocken jaw, and the fact that it works way better with a Wide Lens
I like the creepiness of its jaw.
Yet it alot better than Slowbro that was… an abomination to society
I do much prefer regular Slowbro but I don’t hate its mega.
I just think it looks retarded
lol dude. The Slowbro line was always supposed to be fun mons. Obviously, its Mega would follow that line of thought.
You take that back, mega Slowbro is an amazing beyblade
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I sorta agree with this.
But then again, if you made M.Mawile a normal evo instead of mega that would make it a bit too broken.
True the only two stand alone from Hoenn that can get away with it are Mawile and Sableye
It’s that certain Megan’s are absolutely cancerous
Especially Salamence and Rayquaza
I never got the ‘megas are too strong’ complaint.
They’re meant to be strong and you can only use one per battle.
Some ARE a bit too much like Mega Luke and Mega kanga, but they got banned.
All Megans everywhere are cancer!
FUCK AUTOCORRECT
So much this. Thank you.gif
Design wise, Megas, it’s nice to see new ‘evolution ‘ designs for already powerful Pokémon. Although it came at the cost of barring some Pokémon from normal evolutions, a trend that seems to have died after Gen IV went all out with them (poor Mawile).
Z-moves are a bit uninspiring and I hardly used them throughout the game, but gameplay wise they are fine. Wish there were more unique Z-moves though, I like the over the top animations (like the one from Mew).
I agree with more Unique z moves. They are amazing to see (again like Mew). I hope they massively improve the list.
If they make more unique z moves, they should at least make them have unique effects like how Mew’s Z move sets up psychic terrain.
The other unique moves are just like normal z moves
I already am making a Pre-Evo for Mawile regardless of its Mega
Marshadow
Aka best Z-move in the whole game
YES
Megas had a larger impact on the metagame, therefore I prefer Megas over Z moves.
Z moves are for the majority of Pokemon useless.
Z-move animations are too long and drawn out.
They are basically designed as one hit moves to take out specific counters. So if the opponent has a Z-move that takes out your one counter to them, they will steamroll you akin to Megas that you lack a counter for. So there’s no difference there.
Z-moves definetly have utility though, I usually use one just for certain important things
Megas if they’re given to the right pokemon and get good designs. Psuedos don’t need them.
Salamence the most broken piece of sh*t to not be Legendary and get a Mega!
Yeah and its design isn’t even that good :/
Did you ever see it using Darkest lariat? It’s friggin hillarious
No but I want to
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I don’t think the problem is Pseudos don’t need Megas, I think the problem for some of them (Garchomp, Tyranitar) was their Megas do the same thing as their normal forms and those still have an item slot available, while the mega is forced to carry the Mega stone. Also, stat distribution. Mega Metagross or Salamence were done much better in that regard.
Megas >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Z-Moves anyday.
I hate Z-Moves and the fact they put aside Megas for Z-Moves. They sound lame, they look lame, and were only good for a few mons. Most useless mechanic ever. Just make a powerful signature move for a pokémon instead and it’s the same thing. Also, the presentation of Z-Moves is too childish.
Megas are just awesome. They bring new designs (agreed, some could be better but most look really cool), most are incredibly powerful and turned previously shitmons into complete competitive beasts (Charizard, Mawile, etc.). Conceptually, I just love the thought of your pokémon bursting with power and changing appearance. Overall, It had a much bigger impact in the game. My favorite mechanic ever, I might say.
Megas!
Sad not done first Fan-Region already have a second setting up with a Regional Bird, Pikaclone, Regional Variant and Pre-Evo of something
Was I the only one confused by Lunala and Solgaleo not getting a Z-move?
Nope I don’t understand it at all
I’m confused about why out of the 10 signature Z-moves 5 are are from Kanto’s Pokemons -_-
Are you confused or are you denying the fact GF loves Kanto the most
Do they love Kanto the most, or do they just think that we love Kanto the most?
They think that pandering to Kanto sells the most games.
I think they need to get in actual touch with the real fanbase
They’d know we would play the Battle Frontier!!!
Why did you bring that up!!! Dx
In fairness Pikachu was always going to get one. Raichu is counted as Alolan even if it is just a variant. I don’t know why Eevee or Snorlax (at least the latter is funny) and Mew is a Legend so I guess they thought Wynaut.
Eevee is a legend in our hearts <3
If Pokemon Stars is happening, when do you think it will be released?
November
So…in other news. I managed to catch me a couple of Skarmory and a Gligar in Go today.
https://youtu.be/uJz7Y2EzRSY
This’ll be me if I DONT get the Switch
How many days until switch?
Six.
Seriously? Man it feels like just yesterday they announced it
They did announce it rather late, it’s been only four months since the teaser and one month since the full reveal. Stuff like the Wii U took more than a year from reveal to release.
NOT SOON ENOUGH
I HAVE NEARLY EVERYTHING READY
I just need to get back to Long Island so I can get to my Best Buy and ask if they’re letting preorders be picked up midnight or early
Sorry to ask this here, but since everyone is getting the Switch, anyone want to play Smash bros before we switch (pun not intended)
Finally beat Final Fantasy 15. Such a great game. I know it gets a lot of flak for the issues I know it has, but the story is great and all the characters are likable and relatable. I’m satisfied with how it ended very much so. lol
If you liked it so much, you should play other Final fantasy games :3 (except 2, avoid 2 at all cost)
I’ve played a few in the past. As always 7 has a pretty sweet spot in my heart. 8 and 9 are pretty good too lol
I recommend you play a FF from the SNES (4, 5 and 6) they are great
Maybe at some point I will. I always have a hard time going back to older games due to having an attention span that fits today’s video games more hahaha
I’m gonna play that over summer, along with Horizon. I won’t have time to play those this spring, and since they aren’t high priority for me, that’d be a good time to play them.
Same here. Bought FFXV at launch but I rather wait out, since they are planning to improve lots of things by patches so it’s better to wait. I really should stop playing 20+ hours games.
I would have waited, but I didn’t want to have to choose between the new Zelda game and FF15 at all times. It’s a lot to handle so playing concurrently with another open world game would have fried my brain lol I’m interested to see the extra chapters tho so I may jump back in at some point to play those.
How much time do you have to spend in the game if you skip all the fat and just go for all the essential main quests?
Probably not much. I got to 73 hours, but I did basically all the quests and side things. Even then I didn’t do it all. I’d say it’s probably a 30ish hour game. Altho it’s hard for me to remember exactly where I was level wise once I got to the point you would be on the fast track to the end. By the time I hit the level range for all the monsters and enemies in the end game I was still grinding and doing side quests in the open world part.I really wanted to clear things out as best I could before moving on. I will say you’ll wanna be somewhere in the 40’s for the end. Otherwise you may get bodied by some bad guys. Maybe even 50, but that’s being on the safe side. It all really depends on how you want to play. Going in slightly under leveled will give you more challenge, but you may also find yourself in a tough spot in some places. On the other hand you’ll spend a lot of time grinding and doing the quests if you want to go in above more of the enemies. Tis the kind of game it is I suppose lol
Hey, nothing wrong with long games. I love getting way too invested into them. xD
Yep, me too, the longer and more interesting the game, the more I’m going to like it
Yeah, I definitely get what you mean. As long as it isn’t too boring, I love long games. I feel like for many games as soon as they start getting really good they end.
I like long games, but it’s hard to find the time and effort to complete them though. I just get discouraged when I think about completing them :P.
It’s god, but it really is what you make of it. It has plenty of flaws, but they really add to it’s charm. You also have to be ok with open world style games and being self reliant for a big chunk of it. There’s tons of quests and side stuff to do so it can keep you busy if you really let it. I put about 73 hours into it and I really don’t regret any of it lol
It’ll actually be my first FF game lol, but the series has always mildly interested me, and despite some mixed reactions from fans FFXV has peaked my interest.
And yeah I love open world
I’d say it’s a good first game to play in terms of FF. It’s not hard to get a grasp on the combat system and there’s plenty to do or not do depending on your tastes. I think one of my favorite things about it is that I kind of like the idea of role playing as the characters and making up little head canons for them as I do the sides quests. It really makes each persons play through different lol
Sounds like something that I’d like, I’ll look forward to playing it this summer
Truly it is a wonderful game and well worthy of baring the FF name to it. And yeah I’ll be the first to say that its problems are pretty grading and kind of keep it around the middle of my FF game ranks, but it is a wonderful game with some much loved characters that I’m actually curious to see if SE will do with future updates and the high chance of them making Cameo’s in the KH series.
OMG!!! I’d love to see the guys in KH!! That’d be so amazing. I never thought about that hahaha
Well they probbaly have more of a chance then anyone else given KH’s creator pretty much directed the first half of 15. Other likely cameo’s being lightning/snow/Hope from 13 and personal hope being Hildy Manderville from 14 since he’s Vivi’s father in that game and could easily fit into Twilight town. Also he looks like this.
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