Pokémon Main Series Confirmed for Nintendo Switch

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One of the more interesting tidbits to come from Nintendo’s E3 showing was this tidbit:

While many have speculated that the main Pokémon series would be making the jump from the Nintendo 3DS to the Switch, it has now been confirmed that we will be seeing games on the latter. It was later added that it could be “well over a year” until we see a title on Nintendo’s latest console however, hinting that it could be Gen VIII.

Are you HYPED to see a Switch Pokémon RPG?? I am! You may have seen on Twitter last night that I have one in my apartment now… although it is my roommate’s. Sewaddle salaries don’t cover such luxuries :'(

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  2. I’m dissapointed that they didn’t actually play MH World in the playstation thingy today. I wanted to get a better look at what it would be like. :/

    Oh well, there’s still the capcom thing apparently.

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  5. My team is actually real easy to train they all have hit high 20’s low 30’s especially Topaz and Solana

    Never knew Petilil could learn such good moves so I’ve decided to Evolve it at Lvl.46 so it will learn Leaf Storm and Petal Dance

    Would a good set be on one
    Energy Ball
    Giga Drain
    Leaf Storm
    Petal Dance

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    • Those are all attacks. What ability does it have? If Own Tempo then Petal Dance, Quiver Dance, Synthesis and ideally Hidden Power Fire, but I’ll assume it doesn’t have that so Sleep Powder and Aromatherapy are options. Go for Giga Drain if not Own Tempo over Petal Dance. You can use Leaf Storm but be careful of the Special Attack Drop. Teeter Dance can be used but only in singles unless you have a partner that can avoid the confusion.

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  7. Please please please Game Freak, I know we already have USUM, but please make it available for the 3DS as well. For those who can’t afford a Switch.

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      • I know that USUM is 3DS only, I’m just saying that the pokemon game for the switch also comes on the 3DS. Otherwise people who cannot afford the Switch will be missing out on the new pokemon games

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        • Every time pokemon takes a console jump, people are constantly begging for the games to be made available on the previous one. I remember being disappointed when X/Y was announced for 3DS since DSLite was the only console I’d ever owned in my life and I didn’t expect to be getting a 3DS anytime soon… But then I eventually managed to get one and for cheap, though much after XY’s release. Since then I’ve realised that we can’t expect TPC and GameFreak and Nintendo to stagnate for our sake if we want them to make bigger, better and more expansive games than ever before… Perhaps by the time this game is announced or released they’ll have announced a budget switch version like Switch-mini or something that’s only portabe and not home console or something like that… Don’t lose hope! 🙂

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          • Yeah I got a bit mad when XY was announced for the 3DS because I too have a DS Lite. But I decided that it was time to get a 3DS so I bought it with my Christmas money, along with Animal Crossing New Leaf. I’m just afraid that pokemon may not be as portable as it should be on a home console. I always loved taking my pokemon games wherever I go, I just don’t want to be limited by the Switch’s battery life

          • The Switch’s charger is a USB port, meaning it can basically be plugged anywhere, so the battery isn’t as much of an issue. And tbh, the Switch’s battery isn’t even that bad compared to the 3DS’s. The 3DS lasts almost as long as the Switch does, if only a bit longer by a margin.

        • Apologies, but it happens when new hardware arrives. You eventually have to halt making games for older platforms. The Switch acts as a handheld and by the time this new Pokemon game releases either Late 2018 or 2019, the Switch would have a larger user base. It would be pointless to put the game on the 3DS, as your not providing an incentive for people to move to the Nintendo Switch.

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        • Yeah cause I probably won’t be getting one until about Christmas at earliest and most likely not than due to my parents not having much money and with 2 games coming this year ($80 in the hole) so I may not be getting one soon

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    • They literally said their making core Pokemon games for the Switch. I’m quite sure US/UM are the last 3DS Pokemon games from GameFreak.

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  8. Also, very excited for this Pokeswitch game coming out. I know it’ll be a while after USUM that we’ll have another core game(s), but it’s fine. Just happy to know that there’ll be one in the near future 😀

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    • Yeah I mean I’m happy for just getting a game… Why all the haters of USUM I’d like to point out that we are getting a main game this year who cares if its not exactly what was wanted we didn’t have to get a game at all, but GF realizes that we want something and they delivered

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  10. I will not believe in a main series title for Switch until i see it myself. I just don’t think it’s practicable for a more family-console like thing, which the Switch is in my eyes – i doubt that there’s gonna be more than one Switch per household, which is essential for a main series game imo.
    I expect something like PMD vor maybe Colosseum/XD, or something completely new, but i don’t believe in main series.

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        • Nope, they said “core series” also. They couldn’t have made it any clearer… I think they know what our concerns were after USUM were announced and they’ve directly answered them without so much as giving a title or anything.

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    • You really think they would troll us all by saying “core RPG” and then put out something not for the main series? That would be pretty cruel. I’m certain they used those terms purposefully so that we knew it would be part of the main series.

      I can see what you’re seeing with the one console per household thing, but it’s probably not a huuuuge issue. They should allow for battles between user profiles on the same Switch console though, so that siblings & people who share a console can battle each other.

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      • Do you have siblings? Because in my experience they do not like to share time on anything. I think it could be a pretty major problem for some families.

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        • Yeah, but not Nintendo’s problem. They’ll just hope the families will get sick of the arguing and buy another Switch. 😛

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          • I’d assume they would think more realistically than that, unless they significantly lower the price they aren’t going to sell many more like that and they are probably smart enough to know that. I’m not saying the game won’t be on the switch, just agreeing it is an issue.

    • This is clearly a main series game, they said “Core RPG”, Gamefreak is making it and Colosseum/XD/PMD are NOT main or “core” series games.

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    • Maybe you guys are all right and i’m just denying it because i don’t know when i’ll be able to get a Switch and i don’t want to be locked out of what is basically the only video game i play.

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  11. I couldn’t be happier after today’s Nintendo E3 conference and a look at what’s to come for the Switch. For the past few years, Microsoft and Sony have been going head-to-head, bringing out the best of their companies, but Nintendo has taken the cake this year. After an underwhelming E3, I’m happy that it was wrapped up today on a high note with some stellar titles being shown off. If anything, I’m looking back wondering what the progress is on Virtual Console, but I have no doubt fans won’t be let down in that regard. Whether or not you guys agree is perfectly okay, but I thought it would be nice to end the day with some positivity and give Nintendo the props they deserve–well-earned at that. 🙂

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  12. I’m so excited, with the Switch’s capabilities the game could be a lot more open world and the battle animations be more spectacular, even if it’s​ just a Colosseum game, I’m just excited that Pokemon is going to look prettier than ever ^^

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    • Structurally, making an open-world Pokemon game would be difficult. It’s a neat idea, but I seriously doubt it would happened.

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  13. Guys this is slightly off topic speculation, but has anyone sensed a pattern with the mystery dungeon games? every alternate game always seem to jump a console within its generation… for example, the first mystery dungeon blue rescue team was made for the DS in spite of being a generation behind Diamond and Pearl and in the same generation as RSE… The next game Explorers of Time was also made for the DS. The third series AGAIN jumped a console with Gates to Infinity made the 3DS while still in gen 5 and a generation behind X/Y. PSMD was then developed for the 3DS. Now we have information of a new core series RPG for the switch. I’m pretty sure we’ll only see that in 2019, and that’ll be about time for Generation 8. Also the main series games don’t jump a console within a generation because they always use the same graphics engine (which is why I think we’ll see D/P remakes in 2020 but on the bright side they’ll be with HD gen 8 graphics). Then, considering the pattern, I think it’s very likely that we’ll be seeing a PMD with HD graphics being developed for the Switch by 2018, with Gen 7 pokemon. Also there’s the matter of this quote from way back in February that I had been holding onto up until yesterday’s confirmation of Switch support from Game Freak:

    “Pokemon has been about being portable, but now there is the Switch, which is a portable home console, so it has a bigger screen and higher specs than we’re used to,” Ishihara said, as translated by NeoGAF user StreetsAhead. “Apart from main games, we make stuff like Pokkén [Tournament] and [Pokémon Mystery] Dungeon, so I am thinking we should make games that suit the Switch, but at this time I cannot confirm any projects.”

    TLDR: I think we can expect a new PMD game for the Switch in 2018 😀

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    • That makes sense. Personally, I don’t find the Mystery Dungeon games as fun. It’s kinda boring after playing it extensively, but the stories they tell are interesting. I seriously want to see a new Pokemon Conquest or Pokemon Ranger, but I know that Mystery Dungeon fans would appreciate a title on the Switch.

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  14. If a handful of Johto pokemon were going to get alolan forms, which of them that are attainable in the original Sun and Moon would you like to see receive these alternative forms?

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    • Miltank. We need a reminder of how dangerous that Cow is. I would say that it either gains a fighting type in addition to normal or replaces it. Alola Miltanks are forced to drink more of their own milk due to the hot climate in Alola. The over abundance of the nutrients cause them to become more strong as their milk is known to do. Thus they gain a fighting type. For ability I would say to replace thick fat (that would only make them more warm) with a fighting-type Pixilate.

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    • -Spinarak and Ariados could be neat cause also technically Spiders aren’t bugs they are a group of Arachnids
      -Politoed could be turned into a Poisonous toad
      -Stantler could be turned into a native spiecies like the Axel deer and could get a neat retyping idk much about them but it could be neat

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    • I think they’ll have Pokemon that haven’t appeared in game yet to have Alolan forms so:

      Sentret could become a Flying or Fire type. Maybe even ground

      Bellosom would be a good shot too as a Fire Grass type

      and I could see Noctowl getting someting.

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    • None I hate what Alolan forms done, now everyone everywhere thinks regional variants will happen anywhere for any reason
      Usually devoid of sensible reason and not backed up by logic

      They’ll say Ponyta becomes a rock type just for living in the mountains or Yanmega turning into a Dragon just because it ate a dragonfruit macaron

      My one and only Regional Variant was a Grass/Flying Vileplume because the intense tropical climate increased the size of its petals making them longer and thinner, and they can easily get caught in updrafts, after years of spending time in the air they were more used to being skyward then on the ground (also closer to the sun and could easily spread its pollen) resulting in this change

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          • Yet those are fan ideas, a lot of them don’t make sense cause they weren’t meant to be logical

            And your idea about already existing one’s how does Sandshrew of all of them make no sense?! Due to its environment being unstable they moved to the closest environment possible being Mt.Lanikila and over the years their body chemistry evolved to help them survive in the new harsh environment’s that were forced upon them due to the inability to migrate long distances to another area of the island

  15. For any Monster Hunter fans out here, I hope you followed that rumour that leaked Monster Hunter XX, Monster Hunter World, and a traditional Switch title. Anyways, Sony bought out Monster Hunter World in Japan, so the game wouldn’t appear on the Nintendo Switch. It’s exclusive to the PS4 in Japan. The decision (likely Capcom made the deal) caused internal strife in the Monster Hunter team. They are developing a traditional Monster Hunter (likely Monster Hunter 5) for the Nintendo Switch, as Monster Hunter World is supposed to appeal to a western audience. I know it’s not Pokemon related, but I thought that I should mention this!

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    • Its good to follow these things, but its also important to stress that these are still just rumors. We no nothing about a third game, and we shouldn’t assume that their is one until we do know. The last thing we need is Monster Hunter having their own Pokemon Stars issue.

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      • I fully understand that. Yet, majority of this rumour has turned out to be true so far. The guy leaked Monster Hunter XX before it was announced. He also predicted Monster Hunter World for the PS4 (being an exclusive to the system, in Japan at least). So, a Switch title should be expected. With any rumour, I do take caution, but a lot of facts have come to light, which follows his post.

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        • And your right that it is accurate, but two things to always consider. The first is that its always possible that they had some good information and some less then good information and simply combined the two in the hopes that it would turn out well. The other thing is to take a page from history where the British government arrested and interrogated a teacher who made crosswords for a local paper during world war 2 due to the fact that week after week the crossword answers had everything from key beaches that they were landing on for D-Day, to specific code words that they were using, and they were convinced that this man must be a spy. In reality he was literally had the worst luck in the U.K. and had absolutely no idea what was going on. Don’t get me wrong, the rumors do sound accurate and should be considered as something to watch out for, but you should never assume that its 100% confirmed until you see it announced.

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  16. Um… So.

    Here are my thoughts about the Pokemon switch future game.

    First of all, I can’t wait to find out what the region is based on. That’s always so much fun to find out. Also the fact that it’s all in HD and the world will most likely be absolutely gorgeous is so exciting.

    I don’t know if GF will go all open world on us, but I think they will switch up the linear play-through when transferring to the switch.

    I am so so so excited to see what kind of art style we will get. I loved the 3ds art style, as it was true to the series.

    I’m very intrigued on what GF is gonna do about save files. I wonder if there will be multiple since not many people can own a switch in one house… And I do wonder how they will deal with one screen.

    Either way, I know it’s gonna be awesome and I can’t wait for USUM as well. Let’s hope we hear more about the Switch game next year :DD

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  20. Man, i really hops Ultra sun and Ultra Moon comes on mt gameboy, I really don’t want to buy another console to play a Pokemon game..

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  23. Well Nothing happened with USUM, but Switch main series is a good thing. Pretty bad E3 from my point of view.
    In Other news my Y nuzlocke is going AMAZING! I normally am struggling in Y, but Im doing very good.
    Just Obtained the Cliff Badge
    Obtained 16 Pokemon
    1 Death
    Team: Ryuk (Braxien)
    Oregano (Pansage)
    BubbleBuddy (Azumarill)
    Daisy (Floette)
    Le0(Wartortle)
    Virginia (Hippopotas)

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  24. I wonder what the region Gen 8 will be based on for the Switch. Make it Germany and let’s go back to Kalos post-game via Couriway Train woo hoo.

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