I'm ready for a full 3D Remake of gen 1 for Switch or even a gen 1 that takes place a very long time later.
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RUMOR: Nintendo Direct January 2018 (Thanks EA)
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Yeah that's what I want the most. I want to revisit a Kanto that's changed and grown. I'd love to see Cinnabar Island expanded.
Because new Pokémon is the main selling point of a new generation. Maybe we'll get a remake later down the road, but Game Freak isn't gonna start their Switch run with the franchise with a pair of remakes.
What makes you think that they're reluctant to create more Pokémon.
If it was Sinnoh like what they're supposed to do next then that'd be lame but since Kanto is the one that everybody remembers the most, I can easily see them making another game in that region and then do Gen 8 next.
That hasn't even been a problem so far based on sales. It's not like they added that much anyway in gen 6 or 7.
I hope they Gen V it and make you do the main game with a all new 150 pokemon
I'm going to go out on a limb and say the first week of Jan. I think if their plan is to continue the trend of one big 1st party game every month (not sure thats possible, but a man can dream) then they need to announce the jan one pretty fast
I do too, but not expecting that anymore. I thought going off of patterns, gen 7 was going to be a huge gen in terms of number of new pokemon, especially since they didn't need to worry about doing all new models for every single old pokemon too like in gen 6.
Not sure what you mean by 'disappointed people', I'm sure it's disappointed melee fans or competitive gamers but it has mass-market appeal, it sells the most to the casual fans. But people are definitely allowed to have differing opinions, and mine is that it just wouldn't be what it is without Sakurai.
Yes. Recreate the original experience with new monsters and a new region. I loved it when they did that, even if the dex itself wasn't entirely satisfying to me.
What gen 1 love? We haven't played in that region in a decade.
I had a dream that the direct was on the 22nd. It's a Monday. Doubt it will actually be on that day.
In XY, you get a kanto starter by default, gen 1 has the most megas, the forest is literally viridian forest, Mewtwo is hiding in a postgame cave, the legendary birds,etc. In SM, alolan forms, a lot of gen 1/kanto references, etc. Also, kanto was in HGSS.
Huh? There's been tons of Gen 1 love in recent years. Pokemon the Origin, Pokemon I Choose you, a huge focus on Mewtwo and the many Gen 1 Mega Evolutions in Gen 6, and Gen 1 Pokemon being the only being the only Pokemon to get alolan forms in Sun and Moon are some examples of what I mean. I love Generation 1 as much as the next person, but I've visited Kanto 4 times. Even after 7 years, I don't need to go back. That's just my view, though.
Gen 4 remakes, but with better Pokemon type distribution, based on Platinum, and Riding Pokemon instead of HMs.
Maybe I'm alone on this but I don't mind if Nintendo skips out on January for any big new releases. Having a catch up month for all of the previous year's releases as well as any Christmas gifts I receive is nice.
Hope Pokemon engine wise is going to be more then a prettier Sun and Moon. I think it's still going to be top down though.
I'm expecting Fire Emblem and Animal Crossig sneak peeks in this Direct.
Don't think there will be a mainline Pokemon in 2018.
I'm expecting Fire Emblem and Animal Crossig sneak peeks in this Direct.
Don't think there will be a mainline Pokemon in 2018.
You guys summed it up for me. I always wanted them to do a Kanto remake for their HD + console debut, but I always thought of it as some sort of dream that wouldn't happen, but now I actually see it having a chance. You guys won't believe how happy I am if they announce that!!
As of the Direct, second week of January (9-11/01) seems most likely yeah. I think it will be a relatively packed Direct with a lot of reveals for games in 2018, kind of similar to the event early this year. Third-parties have bevome much more interested in the Switch, so if Nintendo is okay with it (and they probably are), I think we'll see a lot of third-party stuff in there too.
As of the Direct, second week of January (9-11/01) seems most likely yeah. I think it will be a relatively packed Direct with a lot of reveals for games in 2018, kind of similar to the event early this year. Third-parties have bevome much more interested in the Switch, so if Nintendo is okay with it (and they probably are), I think we'll see a lot of third-party stuff in there too.
So does that mean another 100+ page thread where almost everyone declares the Switch a failure?
The 14th is on Sunday tho. Directs usually are on workdays (usually Wed-Fri).
I can't think of a major release in February by Nintendo, so I think they need this direct sooner rather than later to keep that momentum, hoping for first half of the year... but due to christmas delays in development they might need a few more weeks to finalise those trailers so it might be pushed forwards.
All you people that want to see Kanto remade and that there are too many pokemon are going to be sorely disappointed. Tired of this gen 1 pandering, XY was enough. We need to see remakes of at least gen 4 and gen 5 before we see another remake of gen 1. It's going to be a new generation and the games will come out November 2019.
The Wed-Fri planning is mainly because they announce the Direct earlier in the week. Wonder if a Direct that would discuss (some of) the 2018 games would be announced earlier than a regular Direct?
They are definitely going to do something Kanto related I think. Between the popularity of Pokemon go with people who haven't played Pokemon in years, and the popularity of the switch with people who haven't played Nintendo in years, they'd be pretty dumb not to. For those people a Pokemon game with some new weird looking characters on the cover they've never heard of and no Pikachu, Squirtle etc would be meaningless.
Then again it's more the Pokemon companys decision than Nintendo's, and they are pretty dumb historically.
Then again it's more the Pokemon companys decision than Nintendo's, and they are pretty dumb historically.
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But modern Kanto in HD!! :D
They could, but why would they? People have been watching Directs for years. I think changing the livestream date/time would have more to do with the actual stream (i.e. amount of news coverage and viewers) than with its content. And I think they're happy with how things are going now, so I don't see a reason for them to change that.
There's no such thing as too much Kanto pandering as far as I'm conerned. So much complaining about it. It started the Pokémon series off so I don't see the problem.
I want to revisit Kanto. Idc about Kanto Pokémon showing up in other Pokémon games.
I want to revisit Kanto. Idc about Kanto Pokémon showing up in other Pokémon games.
A modern sequel or complete reboot with a ton of innovations would be amazing. I could see it being phenomenal if they took risks with it like BoTW and Odyyssey did.
yeah, i love R&B but we already did 30 rounds of gen 1 nostalgia. time to move on.
Going to Kanto in Gold and Silver is the only time it's been pulled off in a decent way though. Having a few Kanto Pokemon in an otherwise new world with all new Pokemon doesn't really count as nostalgia, neither does being allowed a Kanto starter alongside your new one. That's just base level threads running through all the games. Generations 3 and on have been great still in their own way but don't really feel part of the same world as 1 and 2 at all.
Yeah that's a great point. It can be the gen they "Botw" it. It'd be so amazing to see all the changes they do to the whole region.
You'd have the excitement of first Pokémon game in HD. You'd have the excitement of gen 1 being remade in 3D HD. You'd have the excitement of the first Pokémon to make some really big changes. All of this coming to a great system like the Switch.
I think Black & White was probably the best gen in the series because it's the only one where they had the courage to go "Actually, you'll use this region's Pokemon and ONLY this region's Pokemon."
I swear to god if I have to go through another Zubat cave I am going to lose it
I swear to god if I have to go through another Zubat cave I am going to lose it
i doubt they had enough time to properly "BOTW" it, nor did they hire enough staff to do so.
i agree but instead of using Zubat they just made another Zubat.
i agree but instead of using Zubat they just made another Zubat.
I know I'm being wildly unrealistic here but I am secretly hoping for an open world 3D single player game with similar art style and graphics to breath of the wild. Imagine using your Pidgey to fly to the top of an icy mountain (in real time, like the BotW paraglider) and discovering a group of Piloswine chilling in a snowy meadow at the top, and a blue glow coming from a crack that you have to figure out how to open in the hope it's Articuno. Now add this concept to a whole BotW style world, but with dark forests, wide deserts, hidden underground caves that span long distances, etc. Make catching Pokemon a fun minigame where you have to sneak up on them then hit them directly with the ball like Pokemon Go or something. You could add a camera based sidequest chain like in Zelda but make it more like Pokemon Snap, based on the Pokemon behaviour and luring them etc. You could make a battle stadium which allows you to draw your Pokemon from the game and from Pokemon bank to battle online and locally like Pokemon Stadium. Sorry kinda went off on a tangent there but the things you could do are insane and even outstrip Breath of the Wild I'd say - in the sense Pokemon fits that kind of world even better. If the next Pokemon Switch isn't this type of game (which is probably a given), it's absolutely necessary to be created one day.
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