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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      • Well their will be an item that keeps serpent Pokemon at bay (Ireland has no snakes and using the myth od St.Patrick) and the item disappears while this Pokemon slithers in due to an ancient grudge in Scalen

        So its more Snakes then Coral Snakes, but the Legendary will be based on one

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  4. Apparently Nintendo said they’re going to keep supporting the 3DS beyond 2018. I guess just not with Pokemon? I can’t see them putting out one on the Switch and then downgrading to the 3DS. But, if I’m going to be honest, if you take away Pokemon from the 3DS, that takes away almost all of the appeal of a Nintendo handheld. Pokemon pushes systems.

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    • I think the 3DS will definitely take the back seat after 2018. The Switch is clearly the next thing for them and since it basically does both home and on the go gaming it’s a no brainer that they’ll move forward with it more so than sticking with the 3DS on the forefront. Pokemon moving to the Switch is proof of that. I imagine they’ll support it much in the way they supported the GBA in that they came out with the GBA mini. Not saying there will be a mini version of the 3DS, but it’ll be that kind of support where it slowly fades into the background while they focus more and more on the Switch. I imagine by 2019/2020 there will be a newer version of the Switch that will be better optimized for what it’s purpose really is. It’ll likely be slighty cheaper and have a better battery. By then the 3DS will have faded into obscurity and everyone will have a Switch of some kind. It’s basically a soft drop to the 3DS if you will.

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      • It’s nice that they’re not just completely dropping it off like the Wii U, but the move of pokemon to the switch is a clear indication of their plans for both systems. And I honestly completely forgot about the GBA mini lol

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        • Obviously the reason they dropped the Wii U was because it was such a failure of a system Sure it had some decent games, but at the end of the day the actual system was sub par to say the least. With the 3DS they have tried and true success so it’s not too unexpected for them to want to milk all they can out of it. At this point tho it’s best if they let it fall back and have the Switch be the main focus. Like we both said having Pokemon be moved to the Switch is a huge indicator of what they plan to do in the relative near future. The dropping of the 3DS just won’t happen over night is all. It WILL happen sooner versus later tho lol

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          • It makes me wonder what they’ll plan on doing beyond the switch..because if they do drop the 3DS eventually, their consoles will probably always have to be handheld hybrids

          • I imagine they’ll go harder into the hybrid thing for a while. For a while I can see them focusing on a single system and refining the features. After that I have no idea lol

    • Ehh, that seems a little short sighted. I mean Their are plenty of high profile games like Ace Attorney, Yoaki Watch, Prof. Layton. and SE RPG’s, anything form Atlus, and even Pokemon Spinoff games. Heck we don’t even have hard confirmation that their making the new switch game a main series game yet, as I’m still willing to bet that it’ll be more paced as a home console rpg then the usual handheld ones that we’ve had. And even then if the switch game doesn’t sell or review well, they might fall back to the 3DS. And by sell not well I mean selling below ten million. Heck they might already be planning for a proper handheld successor for the 3DS to be released in 2018-2019 for all we know.

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      • Yeah, I mean there’s other stuff, but Pokemon is their best selling titles on the handhelds. Remove those, and they’re going to have to up their marketing to keep it worth keeping it alive. And of course the Switch pokemon game will sell well unless they somehow fuck it up in the design stage

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        • Oh yeah switch games will always sell, but the question will always be how well. I mean they are going to be priced as home console games, so that already is going to cut out people with a lower budget, and we might find that the games have the same issues back with the previous console games feeling that battles last far too long due to the longer animations, and of course the “better graphics” card can only be played one time with this first game. After that they need to try really hard to convince people that the games worth the money. But we’ll see with time.

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        • Oh that’s simple. While its not huge in the wast, it is a system seller to a cult following in the west, and its still pretty big in Japan, even if the last game kinda underperformed. Though that game might actually do well-ish in the west for the same reasons. Hack they might be rebooting the series with the upcoming movie, going for a darker take on the story and giving all existing Yokai new forms. That’s generally why. Heck I also realized I didn’t even list fire emblem which depending on how the Switch does could easily make a jump back to the 3DS due to how cheap it is to develop on.

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  6. guyyyyysssss……i’mmmmm boooorrrrrred……. i told myself not to play competitive stuff and its calling out to meeeeeeeeee

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  7. Well I’m probably going to disappear for the weekend. As of 5 AM EDT FFXIV’s expansion launches, and I’m diving head first into it. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and don’t get upset with me posting youtube videos of dungeon runs and things like that to help relieve my hype. With that I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and leave you with this. Effectively the final part of a documentary about the game, talking about its relaunch and containing a tearful speech from the director/producer saying that he’s sorry that the early access wasn’t working as planned and showing how much he poured his heart into the game. Bless this man who led the charge to save Square Enix. Again though, have a wonderful weekend and enjoy all the post E3 discussion.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP02ykXXKog

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  9. i think i’m gonna put a dreamworks or pixar movie and make a new world on minecraft to try and take the edge off competitive

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  10. Does anyone remember that banana Pokemon sketch that suddenly popped up one day. Was that ever proved to be faked (100% w/o a doubt) or was that topic just dropped?

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  12. I’m very impressed with BOTW’s performance on the handheld. It’s so impressive. I can’t wait to play Skyrim and see how that handles (I’m an ES fanboy)

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    • Oh yeah BOTW runs amazing on the Switch. The Switch in general runs super smoothly. It’s crazy how well they did with it lol

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    • ES games are absolute win. Skyrim is my ideal game. Exploring beautiful world of Skyrim is the best of it and I absolutely love how open the game is, how much there is 2 do.
      Can’t wait 2 see Bethesdas next installment, what do you think it’ll be?

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  14. so the Minecraft thing was a no go
    i spent an hour and a half trekking miles of ocean to find a new home, i’m super picky so i’m just gonna go to bed

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  15. So until my 2DS xl arrives and I can play through SM, ORAS and XY again.. I’ve started Platinum. One of my favs not played it in Drowzee years!!
    So what starter do you guys think I’ll pick?
    Winner gets a virtual high 5 lol

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  16. Would anyone happen to have a Male Dive Ball Sandshrew with at least a couple good IV’s? I require one and GTS is being massively turdish. I have a 5IV Moon Ball Slush Rush one with Icicle Crash + Spear in return or maybe something else.

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  18. Just my 2 cents into the whole Ultra Sun and Ultra moon, and I don’t know if anyone has pointed this out or not yet but I don’t now, nor did I ever think that the box legends are actually solgaleo and Lunala. They are very clearly just new forms created by Necrozma made to look like the old legends made of light. It is after all a pokemon based on light. they’re not fusions, they’re not solgaleo or Lunala, its just necrozma making itself look like them. The real question is why.

    EDIT: ok apparently this is common knowledge since its one serebii…. “This Pokémon form has the appearance of a Lunala that has been amalgamed by elements from Necrozma. Its true nature is currently unknown.”

    I don’t know why people kept referring to them as new forms for solgaleo and lunala then…

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