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Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee's Online Service Requires Nintendo Switch Online Subscription
- Thread starter sinonobu
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I mentioned this with Toni Codrea
I assume the original misconception was that TPC said it wouldn't use Nintendo Online app like Splatoon 2.
So you do need to pay for Nintendo Online but Let's Go won't use the app like arms and a few other online games.
Seems to explain the misquotes.
I assume the original misconception was that TPC said it wouldn't use Nintendo Online app like Splatoon 2.
So you do need to pay for Nintendo Online but Let's Go won't use the app like arms and a few other online games.
Seems to explain the misquotes.
So it does have online battles? If it does then I may still get it. Still doesn't feel right they don't let other gens in but I'll play many hours online. It may even be better for me since I don't have to worry about at least evs so I can train multiple teams. They really revealed this in a bad way. It needed to be a full on Direct with lots more info than what we got.
Yeah that's makes sense.
It also hammers home how much of a disaster the online app is that even after release it won't be mandatory for online games. Ouch.
I'm not sure why people here are surprised at the confirmation. Surely it is expected that an online subscription is required for an online service?
MK8 and Splatoon 2 were exceptions but that is because Nintenso has yet to release their service.
MK8 and Splatoon 2 were exceptions but that is because Nintenso has yet to release their service.
And to people who like Pokemon simple (and with coop !) but don't especially play go.
This. Idk why people expected Pokemon to be exempt from the online service. Especially when every Pokemon game from the DS up to this point, has been using Nintendo's WiFi connection service.
This reveal is reminding me of the Wii U's, when people weren't sure about anything regarding the console.
What the hell is going on with their messaging around this?
Why is it so hard to say that the game has online battles or not? I've heard no online features, online trading but no battles, online trading and battles, and then back to no online... which is it? Seems like everyone at the event reported something different.
Why is it so hard to say that the game has online battles or not? I've heard no online features, online trading but no battles, online trading and battles, and then back to no online... which is it? Seems like everyone at the event reported something different.
They just confirmed there's online.
The only report about no online was misscomunication from a reporter.
Every year, Junishi Masuda appears at the Pokemon World Championship and deliver one piece of exclusive news for the players.
I can picture the 2018 appearance.
"Guys, good news! Because we removed Battle Spot for the new game which releases in three months, you don't have to buy a Switch for the next year in a half!
See you in August 2019, on Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon!"
I can picture the 2018 appearance.
"Guys, good news! Because we removed Battle Spot for the new game which releases in three months, you don't have to buy a Switch for the next year in a half!
See you in August 2019, on Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon!"
Was it a miscommunication from the reporter or a miscommunication from Nintendo?
Right, considering the official TPC English website has the direct quote from the Q&A two days ago as "Mr. Ishihara: We don't have any plans to use this online service right now."
Like I said, completely mixed and confusing messaging on the online issue.
If Pokemon Bank isn't incorporated into Nintendo Switch Online by next year I'm gonna be mildly annoyed.
What's up with the endless threads about random info of these games? The only thing this serves is confusion and rage lol
We should keep it all in the main announcement thread for now until there is an official statement by Nintendo/Gamefreak/whatever
We should keep it all in the main announcement thread for now until there is an official statement by Nintendo/Gamefreak/whatever
People are surprised/weren't expecting this because TPC have an interview on their website just now saying the exact opposite.
Lol wtf. Probably "too confusing" for people so GF took it out lmao.
Every time Microsoft announce a new game at E3, I'm going to make a new thread stating:
"Halo X will require an online subscription to use online features"
"Halo X will require an online subscription to use online features"
Only really relevant if 343 first puts on the new Halo website "This game won't use XBL online services."
So a random google translate is now official new info worthy of a thread? That's like the 10th thread about Pokemon in the last two days. I wouldn't mind if those were actual news, but we're just running circles around the online capabilities of the game.
Nothing wrong with that.
Sun and Moon only came out 18 months ago and the true sequel will be out in 2019.
This is more of an extra adventure to bring in a different audience.
In life we have to not presume everything should be aimed at us and the things that aren't are somehow automatically bad.
I sadly think some would prefer this game didn't exist and that only the true sequel was coming in 2019, just to spite those who may want a more simpler experience.
No, it's them developing a game aimed to créate a bridge to the main series for the Go crowd.
Even YOU have fallen into the Let's Go bashing? Jesús, the hah-core pokemon base sure is annoying
The game is not made for you, deal with it.
LET'S ALL GET FURIOUSLY ANGRY ABOUT A GAME REQUIRING THE PAID ONLINE SERVICE FOR ITS ONLINE COMPONENT. RAAAARRRGGGHH.
Please don't put words in my mouth. I am looking forward to these games.
Thanks :)
Yeah but people are acting like Pokemon was always gated towards a certain fanbase when it has always been accessible to everyone. Casual fans can pick up the game and enjoy it for the story and even the gameplay, while the familiar fans can enjoy what it has to offer as well as being able to go competitive if they choose to do so. The audience is not as different as you think it is, which is why I find that reasoning very odd when people are defending why LGE/P is choosing to appeal to a "different demographic."
Me too
If there is an online subscription, isn't normal that... You have to be subscribed to access online functions of every game?
Like, I understand that mistranslations and the like happen, because while that sucks and causes headaches for all involved, it's usually completely unintentional and it's just a thing that happens sometimes, like it or not.
But even now that the mistranslations themselves are cleared up, it's still kind of ridiculous how much contradictory information is out there all the same. Like, the official Q&A flat-out says it will not use the Switch's paid online service, but now this Famitsu piece is saying that it does? How can there be so much confusion and contradictory information on such a basic point, so soon after launch? Like, yeah, it makes more sense that it would use it and it would be weird if Pokémon got an exception, but still, that makes it even weirder that there was any confusion in the first place, especially since the original question seems to have been very clearly worded about the Switch's online service and I don't get how the question could have possibly been interpreted in any other way, leading to this confusion.
And even as someone not exactly the most excited for these games, it's still disappointing because even though they may not exactly be my cup-of-tea, I have to say the trailers themselves and all that for these games are great and that much of the marketing was brilliant and done very well, so that they're having such a hard time with the Q&A and getting basic info about the games out there and correct and even stranger.
IN ANY CASE, that all aside, assuming that this is indeed the final correct, info, the thing I'm the most disappointed in here is the lack of Wonder Trade functionality. Wonder Trade is just such a simple, cool thing, and I see no reason they couldn't make it work for these games. For the unaware, in Pokémon games, Wonder Trade refers to an option that lets you pick one of your Pokémon you want to trade, and then it's instantly traded with a random trade partner somewhere in the world who also chose to use the feature with one of their Pokémon. So you never know what you might get. And it's just so easily addicting to just do it over and over and over again and what you see next.
Of all the online functionality, that seems a very fun and straightforward feature that even for a game like this I still figured would be a sure-thing (particularly since it's easy to see it as a simplified version of trading due to everything being automatic), so it's absence really hurts. =( Particularly when these will be the first Pokémon games that ask players to pay for access to online functionality, having the first entries to do that not only not going above and beyond, but not even having such simple basic features such as that really rubs in it.
And to be clear, since it's easy to take this otherwise, I'm not upset or outraged over this or anything like that, and I realize it's not that big a deal, certainly, especially with the other games coming next year, but it's just really disappointing all the same to have this apparently confirmed all the same now, that's all. Because what they're showing does nonetheless look good, but it's just so easy to envision the games being even better than they are it's just a shame that it seems that that won't be the case and that these games won't be living up to their full potential by leaving stuff that would make them so, so much better behind. Or at least that's what it's all about in my case and that's how I feel anyway.
But even now that the mistranslations themselves are cleared up, it's still kind of ridiculous how much contradictory information is out there all the same. Like, the official Q&A flat-out says it will not use the Switch's paid online service, but now this Famitsu piece is saying that it does? How can there be so much confusion and contradictory information on such a basic point, so soon after launch? Like, yeah, it makes more sense that it would use it and it would be weird if Pokémon got an exception, but still, that makes it even weirder that there was any confusion in the first place, especially since the original question seems to have been very clearly worded about the Switch's online service and I don't get how the question could have possibly been interpreted in any other way, leading to this confusion.
And even as someone not exactly the most excited for these games, it's still disappointing because even though they may not exactly be my cup-of-tea, I have to say the trailers themselves and all that for these games are great and that much of the marketing was brilliant and done very well, so that they're having such a hard time with the Q&A and getting basic info about the games out there and correct and even stranger.
IN ANY CASE, that all aside, assuming that this is indeed the final correct, info, the thing I'm the most disappointed in here is the lack of Wonder Trade functionality. Wonder Trade is just such a simple, cool thing, and I see no reason they couldn't make it work for these games. For the unaware, in Pokémon games, Wonder Trade refers to an option that lets you pick one of your Pokémon you want to trade, and then it's instantly traded with a random trade partner somewhere in the world who also chose to use the feature with one of their Pokémon. So you never know what you might get. And it's just so easily addicting to just do it over and over and over again and what you see next.
Of all the online functionality, that seems a very fun and straightforward feature that even for a game like this I still figured would be a sure-thing (particularly since it's easy to see it as a simplified version of trading due to everything being automatic), so it's absence really hurts. =( Particularly when these will be the first Pokémon games that ask players to pay for access to online functionality, having the first entries to do that not only not going above and beyond, but not even having such simple basic features such as that really rubs in it.
And to be clear, since it's easy to take this otherwise, I'm not upset or outraged over this or anything like that, and I realize it's not that big a deal, certainly, especially with the other games coming next year, but it's just really disappointing all the same to have this apparently confirmed all the same now, that's all. Because what they're showing does nonetheless look good, but it's just so easy to envision the games being even better than they are it's just a shame that it seems that that won't be the case and that these games won't be living up to their full potential by leaving stuff that would make them so, so much better behind. Or at least that's what it's all about in my case and that's how I feel anyway.
Don't know why people expected something else... maybe because of the way TPC communicated only with Japanese press and people had to rely on translations from 3rd parties?
Regardless, it was to be expected. Not putting Pokémon on the service would make the service less attractive.
Just wishh they had kept things like the trade market etc. Trade evos gonna suck again.
They didn't really. But we're in the classic "hardcore gamers getting angry about something they feel doesn't cater to their needs" phase with the Let's Go games so any excuse to pile on hate and anger is seized upon.
User Warned : Sweeping generalization.
This is the online Pokemon community. They're not even familiar with reality.
The messaging surrounding these games has been truly awful on Pokemon Company's part. Christ almighty.
Did you even read the thread? It has been unclear from the beginning due to incorrect messaging on TPCi part.
Oh, I see.
to be fair, this is the first time pokemon has ever required a subscription to access online features, not including bank.
