Alolan Raichu isn't a new evolution. It's an alternate Raichu that takes the same spot / number in the Pokédex.
Read your original post:
People in this thread have been complaining about things that were introduced in Pokemon Go and wish that they weren't present in the core series. For some people, Pokemon Go is their first Pokemon game. And hardcore fans don't like Pokemon games that others liked because it doesn't fit their nostalgia.
That is one of the dumbest decisions they could have made.
You're misunderstanding, I think. I agree with you in that sense, but I think that's a different complaint than the one I'm making. I think that a gameplay system change is a different beast entirely from dropping Pokemon for no real reason. I'm not suggesting that people on either side don't have merit to their arguments with regards to the wild battles going. I think people who push for the original 151 only are a problem and a detriment to the franchise.
I agree with you. I'm also convinced that Alolan forms were only included to bump up the number of Ghost, Steel, Dark, and Dragon types a tiny bit.
The thing is, this game isn't removing anything from the core series, it's a new, simpler branch of the core series, meant to be an easy entry for new players while not changing the main series.
You make no sense, replacing something with something from another game is not the same as removing new stuff that was added in addition to the old stuff.
Exactly this. They're very different issues.
Only your starter Eevee. Wild Eevees you find will still evolve as normal.
Well they have more Pokemon and it's not like this game will have the Sevii islands.
Yeah but not that much for younger audiences and new players from the "ipad generation".
Nothing is confirmed 100%, but the claim is that the game only has the original 151 + Alolan forms + one brand new Pokemon.
Do they even have evolution stones in this game? You would only be able to evolve it into Vaporeon, Flareon, or Jolteon, so you would have to make a conscious effort to evolve Eevee if the stones are even there in the game.
Wild pokemon is just catching like in pokemon Go. No battles. Just throwing the ball.
I think because a huge reason for them was to capture Johto pokemon not yet available in that generation. It was where Unown became finally capturable, along with the Legendary Gerbils.
The entire point of the Sevii Islands was to allow you to catch Pokemon not native to Kanto. All of the Pokemon in this game are native to Kanto, ergo they won't be in. At most we'll get One Island.
It's not just Pokemon GO mechanics though, the traditional battles are still here, you still go through the region on an adventure, Team Rocket is there and presumably you battle gyms and the Elite 4.
Wild battle != random battle. Wild implies that you're in the wild; random means that a battle may or may not happen. So yes, it would still be a wild battle. And what's in these games are wild encounters. It's just the random aspect that's gone now.
I agree. Same for Porygon and Tangela and Seadra and the like.
This is a core RPG, and no games were ever promised for 2018.
I have to assume it's mostly people at work finding out about the game second hand and being unable to watch the trailer.
It was just on. It was just a recap of everything basically with like 1 new screenshot that i hadn't seen
Again, that wasn't what the Q&A said. Serebii isn't the be all end all source, especially when he wasn't at the event himself. The officially transcription says there's local wireless battling and trading and no plans to use online. Unless there's some other official source from Pokemon or Nintendo saying otherwise, that word is above all else.
Again, WILD BATTLES HAVE BEEN REMOVED.
