Pokémon Sword and Shield announced. Coming Late 2019

[DrROBschiz]

Ill be playing this but clearly I am far more excited about a Lets Go sequel at this point

But thats me being wishful that the Next Lets Go actually continues to experiment with new ideas instead of just being Lets Go part 2

 

[Amalthea]

I was in the mood for a chameleon starter. Sobble kinda has some elements like the feet and the rolled up tail.

 

[dunkzilla]

I've never gotten the fascination with Pokémon following the character. It's fine, I guess. But I forget about them and ignore them in minutes.

The only times in Let's Go I ever noticed them is where they got too far away and had to zap to my character, which was odd.

 

[PokémonSpears]

They added back in random battles. That's a step backwards. Honestly can't understand people hanging onto such a trash mechanic.

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That's totally fine with me. What is not, is the no Pokémon following the trainer, like c'mon now.

 

[Mr.Gamerson]

I actually didn't mind the starters. As someone who hasn't played the series since i played silver a long time ago, i was not impressed at all. I still think actual fans of the series will get a great game and it at least looks more interesting than usual.

 

[Cocaloch]

but no Wales or Eire it seems.

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The state named Ireland isn't in the UK.

 

[Deleted member 40102]

This looks amazing, the starters look amazing, the region looks amazing. I absolutely cannot wait for these. New Pokemon games still make me as happy as the day I discovered them.

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I wish I the same spirit I envy you :(

 

[somerandomweirdguy]

Maybe the evos will change them enough, but these are the worst first stage starters ever. I didnt like the final evos last gen, but Rowlett and Litten were cute. I dislike all three of these

 

[Deleted member 48434]

I thought it looked quite nice graphically, honestly.
Overall, It's not the huge step we were all hoping for, but I'm excited.
Seeing as I was one of the apparently few people that actually liked sun and moon.

Still, GF has a ton of time left to disappoint me.

 

[Deleted member 31092]

First reactions on social media are very positive, especially about the artstyle and the water/fire starter.

 

[Ushojax]

It looks good, the big thing for me is whether there have been improvements to the game structure. Sun and Moon went too far in guiding the player. The cutscenes and gated off areas made me feel fenced in and it didn't feel like a real adventure. I really hope this is a bit less rigid.

 

[Ada]

Looks incredibly dated compared to other titles on the platform. That comparison shot earlier on in the thread against Odyssey is stark.

 

[NeonBorealis]

Oh, goodie. We are back to the negativity and divided opinions.

I'm glad. I missed it honestly. It's good to see some things will never change.

I'll probably get the game. But I have to know more to make my decision. Same with the starters. They didn't manage to catch me right away, but that has happened ever since gen 4 so I'm no stranger to that.

 

[Astral Lovelace]

Because deep in your heart, you expected more

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Iunno I guess I thought maybe this time they'd at least realize there's a second stick so I can look at something like I'm not some dumb floating Pidgey.

 

[TheFireman]

The biggest improvement I've seen is making the big city the final area. Makes sense to place it there for post-game purposes.

 

[Deleted member 4976]

Oh, its the same director as Sun/Moon? I'm expecting another overtly linear story based mess then.

 

[Deleted member 4532]

BotW is bad, so I'm glad Pokémon didn't go that route. Not everything needs to be an open-world where there is fuck all to do.

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People who expected that out of Game Freak were kind of delusional tbh. Hell, last year Game Freak themselves said to expect XY and SM type gameplay.

 

[SchuckyDucky]

Bummed at random encounters returning and no follower Pokémon. Still, if that means we get a good frame rate, I'm ok with it. Torn between Grookey and Scornbunny.

 

[Deleted member 8001]

Plz tell me I'm looking at this map wrong and it's not such a simple "go up" to progress

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I wouldn't worry too much tbh.

 

[Carassius Auratus]

Eh... it looks okay. I need to see more. The lack of Kanto Pokemon (besides Pikachu, obv.) in the trailer made me smile.

Still behind modern JRPGs visually, but at least it's way better than Let's Go.

 

[Mashy]

You wanted your traditional Pokémon back?

Well, you got it!... But without the valuable things that Let's Go brought to the formula.

I'm starting to fear that we might see Let's Go better in retrospective because Game Freak decided to listen to the most vocal fans.

Hell, when Dragon Quest of all JRPGs decides to drop random encounters then no other franchise has the right to keep them.

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Thank god they went back to traditional style. Let's Go will never be better.

We dont know the full mechanics of the game yet anyways and their may be options. Overworld pokemon may be added too. At least for me, the game looks promising in that its not a copy of Let's Go at all.

 

[RagnarokX]

From the top down, it looks like Scotland, northern England, and the midlands. Just based on the shape of the landmass.

It's not specifically just England, and it's not the whole UK. Wales and NI aren't really there.

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And for some reason London is in the north and on top of a snowy mountain. You can see Big Ben and the London eye

 

[Thorn]

We better get a Corgi pokemon.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

So, are people kinda tempted to finally jump into Yokai Watch after this trailer?

Because I think I am.

 

[Mik317]

Pokemon like some sports games, works best if you skip a few games if the gameplay loop doesn't do it for you anymore.

that way an small updates are actually impactful to you.

so if you are burnt out...then skip this one and by the next one, you should be re-energized. People who skipped S/M will probably havbe a grand time w/ this one.

For me, new pokemon for teambuilding is all I need.

 

[JTyrmi]

The water Pokemon looks cool, Mudkip was my favorite in Ruby, so it's a no brainer for me to go with that water lizard thingie. Hopefully this game will be good, but you can tell the game is far from finished, so I'm a bit worried about the late 2019 release date.

 

[GuEiMiRrIRoW]

Well.. Pokemon just became zelda? The cycle is so obvious... last game is a classic and the new one is shit... until the next comes...

 

[Tygre]

No ones asking for BotW but with Pokemons.

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I am literally asking for BotW but with Pokemon.

Why wouldn't you want that over another Pokemon-ass Pokemon game?

 

[cdm00]

This reveal just makes me more excited to see what Game Freak can do with Gen 9 (as proven with BW and SM)
Just give me my damn dolphin
Grookey doesn't look too bad, but I think Sobble looks boring, Scorbunny is gonna be the most popular starter since Snivy and the Sinnoh trio

 

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[V0ltg]

What a defeatist attitude to what Open world could bring to the table

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Sorry that I 1.) don't trust GameFreak with that and 2.) generally hate the design philosophy seen in most open-worlds and all the baggage it brings.

 

[Vire]

We better get a Corgi pokemon.

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Should have been one of the starters...

 

[V-Faction]

I have never played a Pokemon game and thought it looked interesting in the trailer, and pretty good as well. But reading this topic and learning that apparently, the world is not "fully" really open, in the sense that you more or less follow a set path rather than freely roaming the environment, has really cooled me down. I guess I won't play Pokemon this gen, after all. I hope the fans will like it though.

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If you've never played a Pokemon game before, that's not really an exuse to turn down playing it. Pokemon games are amazing adventures that any gamer wortht their salt should play at least once. Doesn't matter which version (in fact, the newest ones tend to be the best).

The reason for the mild uproar from fans in the thread is simply because they've done this song n' dance many times before. So they were hoping for something different... for the sake of being different. For you, who has never played these kinds of games, this has no bearing.

 

[Aleh]

"UpScAleD SuN AnD mOoN"

 

[Metroidvania]

I'm....kinda torn.

On one hand it undeniably looks better than SuMo, but at the same time, compared to other notable Nintendo franchises, it doesn't look THAT much better - at least, in a way that immediately draws the player's eye to.

And while I did hear Ohmori say they want to try new things, literally nothing in what they showed looked new, or hell, even inspired.

I'm holding out hope for cool older-game features to make a kick back in, but when for whatever reason you refuse to even put in stuff like your 1st pokemon following you on the overworld, or having the routes looks like a straight shot, it doesn't exactly inspire confidence.

Nor do the starters - Scorbunny is probably what I'll roll with, but nothing in them screams new or interesting to me.

Dunno if I got caught up in the 'BOTW of pokemon' hype a little, but this isn't really sucking me in - especially with the delay.

 

[Dr Pears]

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Too many fences/corridors

 

[Deleted member 54216]

It looks so bad, thank you so much game Freak. That's it for my with the series, after 18 years. Goodbye

 

[Deleted member 8001]

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Gorgeous gif and you're gorgeous for posting this.

 

[Jktpnymonorel]

Swampert v2?

 

[Cyclonesweep]

Honestly it looks good but the new starters look like pre announcement leak fan art gone wrong.

 

[Hate]

Those starters.. yikes.

 

[Herb Alpert]

It looks like what it was reasonable to expect from a gamefreak Pokemon game.
The negativity is here as always with people expecting irrationnal things.

The map seems really small though.

 

[Kuro]

Eh looks like Pokémon. Gonna sell like 20m copies.

 

[Umbrella Carp]

but, one is a game made internally by Nintendo, the other one is a game made by Gamefreak (and is only made by em not for their pedigree but cause of iirc by contract all main games are locked to em) so yes. people expecting BOTW tier were just setting emselves up for disappointment.

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Then Game Freak has to go. Sorry, but Pokemon is huge enough that tolerating these constant half measures just won't fly anymore.

But hey it's gonna sell 10 million copies regardless of what form it takes

 

[RedAhmed]

Welp I am interested now lol

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Tell me more.

 

[Jessie]

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This looks so good. I think the emulated 3DS screens spoiled people.

 

[Stoof]

The game doesn't look like it taxes the Switch hardware but the "it looks like a 3DS game" posts are hella embarrassing

 

[Protome]

Well hopefully Town is good at least

 

[cupcakeunicorn]

And for some reason London is in the north and on top of a snowy mountain. You can see Big Ben and the London eye

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Haha, well the company that put a desert in the middle of New York can transplant London if it wants, I suppose.

 

[Mashy]

So, are people kinda tempted to finally jump into Yokai Watch after this trailer?

Because I think I am.

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Yokai Watch is a great game anyways and people shouldnt limit themselves to one or the other. I personally cant wait for 4 to finally get a solid release date.