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The next main Pokémon title has already been confirmed to be a Nintendo Switch game, but not much else is officially known at this point. This hasn’t stopped some Chinese sources from sharing potential information about the game though. Our intrepid rumor reporter PokéSirena (you can follow her on Twitter) has helped us track down and translate the latest online gossip. These are from some of the same people who knew about Rainbow Rocket before it was revealed which is why we’ve taken particular note.
- The Chinese localization team has already finished translating the games’ script
- There will be no new Mega Evolutions introduced in the new games
- Z-Moves return and now use motion control to activate using the Joy-Cons
- Central plot revolves around the conflict between tradition and innovation
- Region inspiration has been rumored to be Spain or Italy
- Release to come late 2018 (~December) or early 2019
These details pale in comparison to what has also been said though, and that is the games feature a new, simplified battle system which has been compared to that of the Digimon World games. For those not familiar with them they use a real-time battle style in which moves are still selected via menu and include the option to attack or block moves from your opponent. It has also been compared to the battle system of Pokkén Tournament in which moves are either attacks, blocks or grabs and work in a rock-scissors-paper fashion.
If the above were to be true it would certainly be a change for longtime Trainers and could have the potential to disrupt the deep strategy game competitive players love.
What do you think?
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I’d be down with a Pokemon plot that parallels the Renaissance whilst set in a region based on Italy
Much as I’m a fan of an Italy region, a mainline game is not changing up the battle system as described here. Doing anything like that does nothing but ensure that the real competitive Pokémon scene sticks with the older games, and suddenly Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are the Smash Melee of Pokémon. TPCi has put so much effort into the VGC competition and format, even if I’m not a fan of how the main format is doubles, and it would be a stupid and rude move to just take it out back and shoot it like that. Also, contrast between tradition and innovation was already a subtheme of B/W(2), what with Opelucid, Black City/White Forest, and even Route 4 in the sequels, so I just doubt that they’re going that route again.
In short, I’d be willing to vouch for an Italy region as nice but the rest of this I just can’t get behind.
They’d actually be doing me a favor if they simplified combat like that, cause then I would save money by not buying a Nintendo Switch since I wouldn’t be interested in playing the gen 8 Pokemon games anymore.
They already finished recording Gen VIII Starter Pokemon voices.
-Shizuka Ishigami
-Mutsumi Tamura
-Rie Murakawa
-Ikue Otani
Link to source? Where did you hear this?
he’s talking out of his ass
I hope so. I’ve already been worrying enough about these rumors.
It’s Mario, what more do you need?
No new Megas? So that’s it then, huh? Megas were just a one generation thing? We’ll never see an awesome Mega flying/fire Rapidash with wings? Welp, I’m out for good then. I couldn’t finish Pokemon Moon and I doubt I’ll play any of the new games. Unless they remake Diamond/Pearl. The only thing that could change my mind is if Gamefreak gives Dunsparce the awesome evolution(s) it deserves.
I hope the no new megas part isn’t true
Its pretty awkward how not all of the Starters(not even Kalos ones ironically) got megas
made a fanart of the legendaries of GEN8 https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a9e484e155237dd03eec0571b5e05134d098e1c1f9e878e529584507ed6c3212.jpg
Is there a Switch direct next week?
Here’s what I want for Gen 8:
– Grass-Type Kangaroo Starter (Grass/Fighting), Fire-Type Centaur Starter (Fire/Electric) and Water-Type Marine Iguana Starter (Water/Dragon)
– 120 new Pokemon, including 2-Stage Dolphin (Water/Psychic), Evolved form of Komala (Normal/Fighting) and Flying- and Rock-Type Eeveelutions
– Version-exclusive regions
– Magikarpium Z
What I wish for is both new megas and Z-moves(both for pokemon that deserved them)
If Gen 4 remakes happen then I wished Silvally could get some more focus, that thing didn’t get enough attention in SM and I don’t think USUM didn’t fixed that
Maybe new forms for it based off of each Ultra Beast and maybe the Creation Trio
It felt like something is missing for it
Magikarpium Z: Splash now becomes Super Spalsh, a move that allows Magikarp to jump even higher, and takes a second turn to come back down, but does absolutely no damage.
You are way too specific
Don’t get your hopes up for the Nintendo Direct next week, get excited for the Pokémon Direct in February.
Pokémon as you know it, has evolved!
Hope the gyms return if the region is in spain or italy and put the rumour fire type in where madrid because its the hottest part or the canarie islands with the gym as a volcano in tenarife i miss the gyms trials were good but they were too easy and it was more of a mini game that your forced to play
madrid is not the hottest part of spain at all not even close
A mate from valencia told me it was but i go by what he said but at least i know is not the hottest thanks mate they should use the canarie islands and the islands where mallorca, ibiza and menorca for to catch legendaries 🙂
haha don’t worry man, Spain has in fact very interesting places and landscapes to get inspiration to. If you don’t mind I’m gonna give my personal opinion to the Spain-Italy region possibilities. As a Spanish myself and in love with the incredibly beautiful country of Italy, the idea of a mediterranean-like pokemon region is exciting. Pokemon games always gives special attention to plasm the lifestyle of the people the region is based of and Spain has one of the most occidental-although-really-exotic cultures and honestly I think we’ve failed to explain it to the rest of the world with the succes our italians friends did with theirs (pizza is patrimony of the humanity thank u panini neighbours). Japan and Spain relationship is also something is not commonly known, it dates back to the 1600’s and it’s still pretty good nowadays, there’s a lot and I mean a lot of tablaos flamencos in Japan and i’ts also a very common thing for flamenco artists to spend some years or even their whole carrier there. If you ask me, I think they like us because they identify themshelves with a non-anglo and very sentimental focused culture, but hey that’s just me pretending to be a sociologist.
I say the relationship between spain and japan doesnt matter because pokemon generation 6 was based in france i think every 2 pokemon generation regions are going to be based in europ and usa because unova region is based in manhattan new york in usa kalos is based france in europ and alola is based in hawaii in usa again so i say generation 8 is definatly going to be based europ again and generation 9 will be in another american state 🙂
yep well, I guess that at the end of the day we’re just speculating and Game Freak will just do whatever they think is the best for the franchise
I guess Ash’s Poipole will be voiced by Megumi Han in Anime.
Actually i understand and agree the idea for ZM to do the mimic instead of press the comand, think about it if you have a VR pokemon game you wouldnt be pressing buttoms you’ll be moving and doing the poses so if you want to get the full use of switch system you’ll have to get an use for the joy-con as well (sure it’ll be embarassing, but its like playing wii), also i think imo that megas could be diferent, i vote to be permanent if you want to and then switch off anytime you want but that will be impossible so other way to do it is like in naruto ninja storm 4 when you are fighting they add you and extra bar to be charge and then you may transform for a brief period but this only works in a wide scenerio like “breath of the wilde” and a battle system making “one at the time” moves (you have a single move display and with a button you may switch to another move), but that changes all the actual battle system because you’ll have to defend and dodge and i think i’ll like to see a pok version like this but thats my opinon also megas are not dead i think its just to much work to design mega for like 800 pok when players only use a 100 of then it will be a waste of time, effort and money to do it………