So, with the release of Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee on Nintendo Switch right around the corner, I was wondering what you guys think about the upcoming games. Since they are so different from the original series in capture mechanics and a lack of wild battles, I know a great many have been put off, and the Pokeball Plus has some people upset that they have to pay another $50 to be able to get a Mew along with it.
Thought, I'd open a discussion here, if anybody's interested.
Side note: I'd love to have a pokeball if it works with other titles and not just the pokemon series - imagine casting your summons in Skyrim through a pokeball.
From what I've seen, the refusal to challenge is just a matter of showing Clyde the Guide a grass or water type from your line-up. Using it is another matter entirely, and that can always be a "caveat capture" for Nuzlockers, purely in the name of progress.
At the end of the day, the target audience is for newcomers and the Pokemon Go crowd to try and get them into the main series, and the knowledge given from Pokemon Go is really sparse on type match-ups and doesn't equate exactly to the core series games. While I has a slight issue with it being used as a gating mechanism in this way, it's kind of necessary for it to be put in explicitly and somewhere that you won't miss it. There's always been someone in one of the earlier towns explaining the whole Fire-Water-Grass triangle, but's very easy to miss them.
Also, I reckon that if Nintendo were to ever do DLC for a pokemon game, it would be this one, tacking on "Let's Go Togepi" to include the Johto region. I can imagine them continuing in that line of thinking, keeping one development team working on additions to hopefully include them all. I don't know if the Switch is strong enough to pull it off, but it can handle an open world game like Skyrim so i have a smidgeon of hope for this.
Either way, I honestly don't think I've been this hyped over a new pokemon game since Black and White announced it was comprised fully of brand new pokemon. The following mechanic is just one part of it, but something has definitely needed to happen to shake people up after the duds that were Gens 6 and 7.
Ahh, Kricketune. One of the two pokemon I've done a Solo Run with. I see you're a person of exquisitely good taste. :)
Another side note: As far as I'm concerned, pokemon has become the ultimate game of "character customisation", especially since Gen 6, what with the edits you can make to the avatar. All these pokemon on offer, with their individual stats, movesets, abilities and held items mean that the possibilities are almost endless. If individual customisation of pokemon eventually becomes a fully implemented mechanic, I would be a very happy person.
Quick post to say that the guy in charge of serebii.net (a pillar of Pokemon fandom, IMO), had the chance to play some of LetsGo. Here's the post: