{"id":22135,"date":"2018-05-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch"},"modified":"2018-05-30T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T18:00:00","slug":"talking-point-what-do-you-make-of-the-three-big-pokemon-games-coming-to-nintendo-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/talking-point-what-do-you-make-of-the-three-big-pokemon-games-coming-to-nintendo-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: What Do You Make Of The Three Big Pok\u00e9mon Games Coming To Nintendo Switch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"poke main.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"poke main.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>The Pok\u00e9mon Company almost broke the internet earlier today when it unveiled three &#8211; yes, count them three &#8211; new games for Nintendo Switch and smartphones. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_quest\">Pok\u00e9mon Quest<\/a><\/strong> (which is out right now) brings a cute, cuboid take on the franchise; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee\">Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go Eevee!<\/a><\/strong> and its motion-control wonder and the proper eighth gen entry in 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So to celebrate the Pok\u00e9mon news in all its glory, the team at Nintendo Life have come together to discuss what they made of the announcements from Japan and their wish lists for what&#8217;s to come. Be sure to drop a vote in the poll below, and a comment at the bottom of the article with your thoughts on the new Pok\u00e9mon titles headed to Switch&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;The Let&#8217;s Go games are the perfect way to wet our appetites before the mainline entry arrives next year &#8211; and it&#8217;s just what Switch needs right now&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Dom Reseigh-Lincoln, editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nintendo Switch has had an incredible first 14 months, but it&#8217;s hard to look at the western charts and not see how Nintendo&#8217;s first-party titles are struggling against a much fresher slew of titles from rival platforms. It needs a handful of big name franchises to keep Switch firmly in the mix, and these new Pok\u00e9mon titles are just what the platform needs.<\/p>\n<p>And not just because Pok\u00e9mon has such resonant brand recognition, but because it&#8217;s just the kind of reinterpretation you&#8217;d only find from The Pok\u00e9mon Company and Nintendo. That desire to look back on what makes Pok\u00e9mon so enticing AND present it in a way that makes it more palatable to potential new fans, all without losing that magic. It&#8217;s also the ideal way to bring in those news fans and keep long-time players such as myself interested while we count down the days until the proper eighth gen entry arrives in 2019.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\" alt=\"poke1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h3>&#8220;Nintendo has perfected its recipe for releasing Pok\u00e9mon games&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Austin Voigt, contributing writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pok\u00e9mon announcements made yesterday were definitely unconventional &#8211; and I think Nintendo wanted it that way. The entire thing felt like a three-course meal at a restaurant you\u2019d waited a year to get into. The \u201cLet\u2019s Go!\u201d duo &#8211; our appetiser &#8211; is one of the best moves this team could have made. Not only are they leveraging their organic fanbase from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a>, but they\u2019re also satiating the hungry appetites of their lifelong fans from the original games. And that Pok\u00e9 Ball Plus accessory? Brilliant &#8211; they know their millennial fanbase (it me) will buy overpriced collectibles until they die.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After that, we\u2019ll be getting a brand new, more polished core RPG instalment next year. I constantly struggle with wanting devs to take their time, while also being extremely impatient &#8211; so this is the perfect solution. And as for Pok\u00e9mon Quest? Well, it\u2019s like that misshapen (cubed) olive in your pre-dinner drink, eaten out of desperation while you wait for the rest of your meal to arrive. It isn\u2019t at all what you came for, but it\u2019s a distraction.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;So not one but three new Pok\u00e9mon games on Switch! It\u2019s like Christmas came early&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Glen Fox, guides editor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Quest is exactly the kind of cute free to play mobile faff that I get horribly addicted to, and I\u2019m digging the cube style. Looking forward to checking that out later. Let\u2019s Go is the latest in a line of remakes done the Nintendo way, and I\u2019m intrigued by it. It\u2019ll be nice to see Kanto again, and I\u2019ll be happy to finally have a use for my Pok\u00e9mon GO collection!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I also love the idea of using a single Joy-Con and using motion controls to catch Pok\u00e9mon. God, I feel like a child all over again. I\u2019m not so hot on the peripheral though. I definitely understand the appeal, but I think I\u2019m a bit too old to take a fake animal out for a walk and stroke it in public. Think I might give that one a miss.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/2\/original.jpg\" alt=\"poke2.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h3>&#8220;Alternative Pok\u00e9mon experiences will tide me over until the big release&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Liam Doolan, Australia correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll admit I wasn\u2019t initially taken with the announcement of Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu! and Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Eevee! Luckily it didn\u2019t take long to win me over when the news arrived that the core series was still in development \u2013 with the release scheduled for the second-half of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>As long as the main RPG games continue to get released, I\u2019m always happy with alternative, and even experimental, Pok\u00e9mon experiences on the side. Having not played Pok\u00e9mon GO in quite some time, this\u2019ll be a great excuse to return to the mobile app in preparation for the Let\u2019s Go release. As for the Pok\u00e9ball Plus \u2013 I\u2019m excited! Having been a regular user of previous accessories such as the Pok\u00e9walker, that was compatible with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/ds\/pokemon_heartgold_and_soulsilver\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon HeartGold &amp; SoulSilver<\/strong><\/a>, I\u2019m expecting something special. Until all of these exciting new Pok\u00e9mon experiences arrive, I guess I\u2019ll take my chances with Pok\u00e9mon Quest.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;Pok\u00e9who?&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Goncalo Lopes, contributing writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s lonely and weird when you\u2019re part of the biggest independent Nintendo website in the world and are not a Pok\u00e9mon aficionado. Much like sports and other popular events, when something major happens I am left alone in a corner wondering if I will ever become a real human being. Should you wonder how this is even possible, it is actually simple:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the time the Pocket Monster craziness hit the West on the original DMG Game Boy I was already deep into Super Famicom JRPGs lore and since I mostly play those games on home consoles, I never bought a single Pok\u00e9mon title until the Wii U release of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/wiiu\/pokken_tournament\"><strong>Pokk\u00e9n Tournament<\/strong><\/a> spin-off. That will change next year when I will get my very first Pok\u00e9mon RPG on Switch. Until that time, I will keep smiling and repressing the feelings of not having a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/snes\/f-zero\"><strong>F-Zero<\/strong><\/a> since 2004.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/05\/talking_point_what_do_you_make_of_the_three_big_pokemon_games_coming_to_nintendo_switch\/attachment\/1\/original.jpg\" alt=\"poke1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h3>&#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu! and Let\u2019s Go, Eevee! are the chilled-out break the core series desperately needs&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Ryan Craddock, staff writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I will probably always class Pok\u00e9mon as my favourite franchise; my first ever video game was <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/es\/gameboy\/pokemon_\">Pok\u00e9mon Blue<\/a><\/strong> and the series made up almost my entire childhood. In recent years, though, I must admit that my hype and love have dwindled somewhat, likely thanks to the series becoming too complex and excessive with the recent additions of Ultra Beasts, different forms, and an ever-increasing catalogue of monsters, items, abilities, and more that just don\u2019t match up with the time restraints of adult life.<\/p>\n<p>While I\u2019m still just as helplessly excited as the next person about the \u2018proper\u2019 RPG coming in 2019, the Let\u2019s Go titles feel like the perfect breather the franchise needs. Gone are the unnecessary bucket-loads of features, replaced with simplicity, pretty environments, and a collection of monsters that will please both my generation\u2019s nostalgia, and act as a much more welcoming collection for newcomers when compared to the 800+ that Pok\u00e9mon Sun and Moon greeted us with. They may well just be a stopgap for some, but they look like a very welcome one.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;A world of dreams and adventures with Pok\u00e9mon will always await!&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Robert Maloney, Japan correspondent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I grew up in Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s Kanto, and, despite its clear differences from the main RPG series of Pok\u00e9mon games, I\u2019m personally very excited to return to Kanto in Pok\u00e9mon Let\u2019s GO Pikachu and Eevee. Exploring the Japanese Kanto region as envisioned by Satoshi Tajiri and the Game Freak team is always exciting. These newly announced games are, in my opinion, a compromise for fans of Pok\u00e9mon in general as well as for long time series fans. That said, these games will have to be made to satiate the appetite of hardcore fans until 2019.<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-30may-18-pokemon\" class=\"poll\">\n<div class=\"results\">\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Which Pok\u00e9mon game are you most excited to play? (491 votes)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Pok\u00e9mon Quest<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"32 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">7%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Let&#8217;s Go Eevee!\/Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu!<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"163 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">33%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"result\">\n<h4 class=\"heading\">Pok\u00e9mon 2019<\/h4>\n<p class=\"votes\"><span title=\"296 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg\">60%<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"empty\">Please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/login\">login<\/a> to vote in this poll.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<div class=\"youtube\">[embedded content] <\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Want more? Then check out Alex&#8217;s brilliant take on the Pok\u00e9mon reveals above. 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