{"id":25773,"date":"2018-06-15T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee_director_explains_why_motion_controls_are_mandatory"},"modified":"2018-06-15T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:10:00","slug":"pokemon-lets-go-pikachu-and-eevee-director-explains-why-motion-controls-are-mandatory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/06\/15\/pokemon-lets-go-pikachu-and-eevee-director-explains-why-motion-controls-are-mandatory\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go Pikachu and Eevee Director Explains Why Motion Controls Are Mandatory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee_director_explains_why_motion_controls_are_mandatory\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee_director_explains_why_motion_controls_are_mandatory\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"masuda.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee_director_explains_why_motion_controls_are_mandatory\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee_director_explains_why_motion_controls_are_mandatory\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"masuda.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s pretty safe to say that the recent confirmation that <a class=\"external\" 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>! will require motion controls didn&#8217;t go down too well with fans. While it&#8217;s certainly a welcome addition, and one that does look like it could be a lot of fun, we <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/06\/motion_controls_will_be_compulsory_to_catch_pokemon_in_lets_go_pikachu_and_eevee\">immediately had some concerns<\/a> about the control method being a compulsory part of the game rather than an optional extra.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Game Informer, Game Freak director Junichi Masuda was asked to explain why motion controls are a required part of the game. The decision is apparently all to do with offering fans a new experience, being able to play out their childhood Pok\u00e9 Ball-throwing fantasies.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>&#8220;The primary reason is really just to provide a new experience. There are a lot of people out there, I think, that really do want to throw a Pok\u00e9 Ball and role-play that. And as well as a lot of people out there who maybe haven\u2019t played the main series of Pok\u00e9mon, but would find that really appealing. By making that the only way to do it, I just wanted people to try this new experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>His response makes sense, especially considering how these games are trying to act as a bridge between <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/strong><\/a> and the main series games, but it still doesn&#8217;t offer any reassurance or sympathy for those unable to perform the necessary motions. It&#8217;s all well and good having this as an option &#8211; and even to act as the game&#8217;s selling point &#8211; but there\u00a0<em>needs\u00a0<\/em>to be an option to play with traditional controls if Game Freak and Nintendo want the game to be accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n<p><em>Are you happy with the compulsory nature of Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go&#8217;s motion controls? Would you like the option to play with a more traditional setup? Let us know your thoughts down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s pretty safe to say that the recent confirmation that Pok\u00e9mon: Let&#8217;s Go, Pikachu! and Let&#8217;s Go Eevee! will require motion controls didn&#8217;t go down too well with fans. While it&#8217;s certainly a welcome addition, and one that does look like it could be a lot of fun, we immediately had some concerns about the [&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-25773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773","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=25773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}