Nintendo Co., Ltd., Creatures Inc., and Game Freak Inc. have jointly filed a trademark application for Entei’s Japanese name, エンテイ, in Japan. It isn’t uncommon for some popular Pokémon to have their names trademarked, but another reason is if they’re going to star in an upcoming game or be featured heavily in marketing.
Because of it’s origins in Generation II, Pokémon Gold & Silver, some fans have wondered if it may be connected to a Johto follow-up of 2018’s Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! Currently there’s no further evidence to support that speculation, but it remains a possibility.
Personally, I believe it may be connected to Pokémon UNITE, the multiplayer online battle arena game announced in June. Forty Pokémon were trademarked in Japan last January and some were related to the Isle of Armor DLC for Pokémon Sword and Shield, but many were ultimately confirmed for inclusion in UNITE and had no special role in the DLC.
Both theories are pure conjuncture and no one really knows what fans will get, if anything. Let us know what you think the trademark may mean in the comments below! Think Raikou and Suicune will also appear?
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Via: Japanese Nintendo
As much as I hope for it to be something of significant substance, in all likelihood it’s just something for Unite or some other spin-off. Cheers to hoping in vain, though!
Thoughts??
What if:
If there is a “Let’s go Johto” game or two
The box-art Pokemon are still Pikachu and Eevee, BUT… the shiny version! What color is shiny Pikachu? Gold-ish yellow! And what color is shiny Eevee? Silver-ish grey?!
It’s a long shot, but who knows, right?
Wow, people are actually commenting again! This makes me very happy. I hope this site soon gets as big as it was a year ago.
It would make sense if they wanted to use some of the mythology from the third movie in LG:GS.
Obviously a very left field theory.
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