{"id":22134,"date":"2018-05-30T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/guide_pokemon_switch_rumours_2019_release_date_news_and_everything_else_we_know_so_far"},"modified":"2018-05-30T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T22:00:00","slug":"guide-pokemon-switch-rumours-2019-release-date-news-and-everything-else-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/guide-pokemon-switch-rumours-2019-release-date-news-and-everything-else-we-know-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide: Pok\u00e9mon Switch: Rumours, 2019 Release Date News, And Everything Else We Know So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/guide_pokemon_switch_rumours_2019_release_date_news_and_everything_else_we_know_so_far\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/guide_pokemon_switch_rumours_2019_release_date_news_and_everything_else_we_know_so_far\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"pokemonswitch.png\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/guide_pokemon_switch_-_everything_we_know_so_far\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/guide_pokemon_switch_-_everything_we_know_so_far\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"pokemonswitch.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing we know for sure about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon<\/strong><\/a> on the Switch, it&#8217;s that it&#8217;s\u00a0<em>definitely\u00a0<\/em>happening. In fact, <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/06\/a_new_pokemon_rpg_has_been_confirmed_for_development_for_nintendo_switch\">The\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Company already announced it back in 2017, during the E3 Nintendo Direct<\/a>, and recently\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/video_watch_the_pokemon_2018_video_game_press_conference_right_now\">re-confirmed it for a 2019 release at a press event.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The initial rumours predicted it would be\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2016\/11\/rumour_new_version_of_pokemon_sun_and_moon_pokemon_stars_is_coming_to_the_nintendo_switch\">Pok\u00e9mon Stars<\/a><\/strong>, an ultimate version of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_sun_and_moon\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Sun and Moon<\/strong><\/a>. But the subsequent launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_ultra_sun_and_ultra_moon\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon<\/strong><\/a> on the 3DS combined with comments made by The\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Company has resulted in a move away from that rumour.<\/p>\n<p>There were a bunch more rumours, including a return to the Kanto region, a tie-in with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a>, and rideable\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon, but it turns out that was all due for release in\u00a0<em>another\u00a0<\/em>Pok\u00e9mon RPG coming to Nintendo Switch this year. That&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon: Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go Eevee!<\/strong><\/a>, and we&#8217;ve covered them in a separate guide.<\/p>\n<p>Those titles,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_quest\">Pok\u00e9mon Quest<\/a>, and a few more details on the upcoming major core Pok\u00e9mon RPG coming to Switch in 2019 were announced at the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon 2018 Video Game Press Event on May 30th.<\/p>\n<p>In this guide, we&#8217;re going to piece together what we know about the elusive\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch, including rumours and a release date.<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon Switch will launch in 2019<\/h2>\n<p>Whatever it&#8217;s called, whatever it features,\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch will launch on Nintendo Switch in 2019.\u00a0That much was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/pokemon_core_series_rpg_will_arrive_in_the_second_half_of_2019\">confirmed at the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon 2018 Video Game Press Event<\/a> on May 30th.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, we&#8217;re looking at the second half, so that&#8217;s anytime between July and December 2019.<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon Switch will mark the start of Generation Eight<\/h2>\n<p>In an issue of the Official Nintendo Magazine, <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/04\/official_nintendo_magazine_confirms_pokemon_on_switch_will_be_generation_eight\">The\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Company confirmed that\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch will mark the debut of Generation Eight<\/a>. That suggests is that we&#8217;ll visit a brand new region, too, as, each new entry in the\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon games has so far introduced a new region alongside a new generation.<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Switch will feature new mechanics<\/h2>\n<p>Also revealed in the issue of Official Nintendo Magazine, is that\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch will feature all new mechanics. The\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Company confirmed that it&#8217;s rethinking the series entirely to provide a new way to play.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all we know at a factual level, but our brains are already whirring at the possibilities. Will this be\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong>? We can only hope.<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon Switch will likely feature multiplayer<\/h2>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon always feels like it should be a <em>true<\/em> co-operative multiplayer experience, but it wasn&#8217;t until\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a> in 2016 that this side of the game started to bear fruit.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch&#8217;s online options, while admittedly not perfect, are far and away the best Nintendo&#8217;s managed so far. That&#8217;s something the Pok\u00e9mon Company is well aware of, it seems, as it said the following quote in an interview of Bloomberg: &#8220;Until now, games were made as one for one person, but now you can go home and play with everyone &#8212; so how do we tackle these themes, and how do we make sure it\u2019s not complicated?&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While that&#8217;s not gold-plated proof that\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch will feature multiplayer, it does suggest that some form of it will make it into the game.<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon Switch <em>isn&#8217;t<\/em>\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go Eevee!<\/h2>\n<p>A bunch of Pok\u00e9mon Switch rumours detailed a return to Kanto, a tie-in with Pok\u00e9mon GO, and other barmy rumours like rideable Pok\u00e9mon. It turns out all of those rumours were right, they just weren&#8217;t relating to the core Pok\u00e9mon RPG coming to Switch.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they were referring to Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu! and\u00a0Let&#8217;s Go Eevee!, two new upcoming core entries in the franchise also coming to Nintendo Switch. They serve as reimaginings of\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Yellow, set in the same Kanto region, featuring the first generation, and tying into Pok\u00e9mon GO. You can learn all about them in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/guide_pokemon_lets_go_-_everything_we_know_about_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee_on_nintendo_switch\">everything we know guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>When will\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch release?<\/h2>\n<p>Nintendo has announced that\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch will launch in the second half of 2019.<\/p>\n<p><em>What do you think\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Switch will be like?\u00a0Are you hoping for anything in particular? Will Pok\u00e9mon Quest and Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu \/ Eevee suffice for now? Let us know in the comments below!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If there&#8217;s one thing we know for sure about Pok\u00e9mon on the Switch, it&#8217;s that it&#8217;s\u00a0definitely\u00a0happening. In fact, The\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Company already announced it back in 2017, during the E3 Nintendo Direct, and recently\u00a0re-confirmed it for a 2019 release at a press event. The initial rumours predicted it would be\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon Stars, an ultimate version of\u00a0Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Sun and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}