firs of all it has been confirmed that it is IN FACT a MAIN SERIES TITLE.
SECOND
[confirmed here on serebii.net, the games current temp title is "lets go pikachu"]
ok i am throwing my blade rimmed hat into the ring here.
rumors also show on serebii that the current standing title for the game is "pokemon stars".
now to give a pattern of pokemon history:
last time we had two brand new main series pokemon games we got black and white for the nintendo ds.
followed by a couple filler games
then black2 and white2
followed by filler games and one sequel filler
then x and y
then sequels to at least 1-2 OTHER filler games
and then a reboot of ruby and sapphire with omega ruby and alpha sapphire
now we have sun/moon
then pokken tournement
then the ultra sun/moon
and detective pikachu and pokken tournnament 2
following this pattern, which BY THE WAY, has repeated from gen 3.5 [with fired red/leaf green] and gen 4.5 [with heartgold/soulsilver]; we are set for one of two things:
1. a brand new game with a new plot
2. a reboot of an old game.
now heres the interesting thing:
pokemon red/blue/green just recently had their 20 year anniversary. what has an anniversary coming up? POKEMON YELLOW.
pokemon yellow is approaching its anniversary [released 1998-now dont you feel old?] and whats more is the kanto pokedex is, lets say, "lacking in finality" when it comes to megas and alternate forms.
first of all weedil, abra and pidgey got mega evolutions, and you catch them fairly early in the game.
id like to see a mega machamp. in its description it says it "trains day and nigt to become stronger but is never satisfied". but veteran players will know that machamps belt [yeah that "p" belt around its waist that it gains as a machoke], is actually a special device that "contains its strength". due to machamps strength being so great that it cannot control, it wears an "inhibitor power belt" to maintain its mental focus and contro its strength.
mega machamp could go one of two ways:
1. its training has reached a point where it no longer feels pain. mega evolition has caused this pokemons cells to mutate and become as hard as iron. [it becomes fighting/steel type and gains a kind of metal looking armored suit design. gains attack and def boosts, loses speed and nearly zeroes special attack. and gains the abiltiy sturdy/rock solid or iron fist-as a pun and as it can learn many "fist based" moves].
2. its power has surpassed its ability to maintain and control. mega evolition has caused this pokemons infinite power belt to break, resulting in its muscle mass becoming too great for its legs to hold up. it now must use its arms just to stay standing up. [its upper body grows to double size and its arms become twice as muscular and it stays fighting type, and one pair of arms is always down on the ground in front of its legs which are small and frail looking. and it takes on a kind of beastial-ape like look. it gains a boost to defense, a small boost/reduction to speed, an increase to attack slightly, special def lowers and special attack nearly zeroes out. and it gains the ability pure power-playing off its huge ass size and its massive strength and loss of its power belt.]
then all three kanto starters got mega evolutions [charmander, squirtle, bulbasaur].
what plays into a yellow remake is charmander actually got TWO megas, leaving players the choice to pick only one mega stone and not having access to the other till later after the end of the game.
and then theres venesaurs mega ability: thick fat
why is this significant? if they ever remade kanto, the first and last gym leaders you fight use ice type moves [loreli and lance]. and the second to last gym leader and lance and your rival use fire type moves. thick fat reduces damage from these by 50%.
another factor is that pikachu has gained a special "cap form" with its own z move and even a z move in the sun/moon demo that players never saw the light of day. pikachu has gotten all kinds of special addons, and move tutors.
quite possibly the biggest thing is the many unanswered questions from red/blue/green:
1. mewtwo sought out the strongest pokemon to become the strongest after blowing up giovannis lab. thus, this would explain why articuno and zapdos are hiding in frozen islands and an old power plant respectively.
- prior to this explosion giovanni went out and sought the most powerful pokemon in the land in order to contain and stop mewtwo. articuno thus went into hiding in the only location in which its frgid cold could be contained and hidden: the seafoam icy islands. and zapdos went to the only place it could hide: the abandoned power plant full of electrical discharges.
-so now the question: why. the fuck. is moltress. the PHOENIX FLAME POKEMON hiding in the vast caverns of VICTORY ROAD? yes, i know it seeks out powerful trainers to aid and assist. but CLEARLY the other birds are hiding there presence. and mewtwo [for whatever reason] has gone into isolation in a cave [maybe to meditate on the secrets of the universe, probably got so smart it realized THERE IS NO GOD! AAAAAAH!]. but WHY IS MOLTRES HIDING IN A DAMN CAVE?
-my theory? that mansion that burned down, yes it worked with the research in the cloning of mew to make mewtwo. [READ THE BOOKS IN THE MANSION]. but my theory is that maybe moltress DID "something" shameful and decided to go into isolation. like, maybe starting the mansion fire? or better yet, destroying the power plant.
2. what the hell started the pokemon war? what ended it? why is there only two mentions of it [gsc pryce and rbyg lt. surge]? and where was pryce during the events of rbyg?
-its clear that kanto used to be a thriving futuristic utopia prior to rbyg, as seen by the train tracks everywhere and the giant power plant [where you find zapdos]. yes those things that look like a one lane road are, IN FACT, TRAIN TRACKS.
3. and on that note: what the hell destroyed the power plant? and if the plant has no power, how are they lighting their homes?
4. not just that, the safari zone clearly took time to build, and what was there before was clearly some kind of zoo. the safari zone, yes has a zoo out front, but a single animal in a pen does not a zoo make. in fact it is more of a display case. but that area behind it is more like a hunting ground, and prior to the beginning of rbgy was likely an empty woodland area where wild pokemon roamed free rather than a park. if you think about it, you are paying to hunt animals in a closed in park that you take hom and force to fight, kind of !@#$* up isnt it?
- so what used to be where the safari zone was?
5. giovanni and team rocket: talk to him after the gym fight and he vanishes [go to my "did mewtwo kill giovanni for more on that"], beat him and he walks off like he couldnt give two shits, ask him for something he stole and he gives it back for no reason, stop his plans for world domination and he... thanks you, apoligizes, gives you free rare shit, lets you have full access to his lair, then leaves without a word.
WORST. VILLAIN. EVER.
the ONLY fight he cares is the slyph co fight, trying to get the master ball. where he seems kind of desperate and out of options for whatever reason.
but they never covered where he came from. only clue we get is the celebi time travel hint from hertgold/soulsilver where you find that your gsc rival "red" is giovannis son. spoilers? yeah sorry, this dish has rotted to the point that it sprouted legs and wings, dubly nmed itself "carl", saluted us, and walked away.
so on that note:
-who was giovanni during the war? was he affected by it in some way? did he help or was he part of it? why and how could he just, leave his entire organization, throwing them to the wind?
6. ok what idiot abandons a charmander, bulbasaur, and squirtle? and then calls the cops? seriously though, how did those three pokemon come to be where they were in yellow? [yes the anime touches on this].
of course i will ammend this as i find more about the next title, but eventually they WILL remake gen 1 for the modern consoles. its looking like it may be yellow version, considering that the series creators say the game is a main series pokemon game. but odds are it may be a prequel to rbyg or a sequel, covereing events AFTER the end of the game.
my bet is that they are remaking/rebooting yellow or doing a prequel/sequel game. i will do a post comment once the game is announced with more info.
till then i leave you with my stuffed pet:
[05172018]-22:44
[UPDATE! 05292018-224159]
apparently speculation on the switch game has unconfirmed rumors that, indeed they are rebooting pokemon yellow. and also, apparently, pokemon eevee.
you can check dobbs video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp7qa0kewJc
with the info gained from here and serebii.net [which btw is an officially run website with factually contributed info added pretty much THE SECOND people learn it], i can say they may in fact be rebooting the games.
however it looks like they may be doing something ive been wanting for decades since pokemon began: giving you a consistent ongoing "ash-style" journey. basically you start in kanto, go to johto, then progress further. it would be interesting to see them find a way to allow players to progress from one game to the next. maybe once pokemon reach level 100 and youve beaten a regions elite four, you can reset them back to the level and evo stage they were upon catching them [only with their ivs slightly increased].
obviously this would then allow players to keep a previous starter [including post evo moves] and maybe even have region-specific tm/hm that you can only access after gaining the usage of the boat travel in your next land. maybe you can transfer any pokemon from the previous land or leave them till youve passed certain limitations [ie gym badges/elite four].
this is only a dream, but many players typically beat the game within a few months of starting play and adding the next pokemon worlds as minor cheap dlcs as they develop them could be a means of doig this. plus, youd get to live out the dream of being a pokemon master like ash.
only way to make things make sense though would be to bump up the levels of the trainers you face in the next place you travel to. maybe just by 10% so that you arent overpowered, and even have pokemon that have been leveled to 100 and reset have a symbol that shows which stats have had their ivs increased. and then once the ivs are maxed on all 6 stats you cant reroll pokemon anymore.
this would make the dicks who wonder trade you lvl 100 pokemon less... dickish.
[edit-05302018-191034-well its here...]
well whadda you know... i was RIGHT. take THAT josh... the games are IN FACT reboots of pokemon yellow version.
https://www.serebii.net/letsgopikachueevee/pics.shtml
[for screenshots] and here:
https://www.serebii.net/letsgopikachueevee/
for game details.
but really i called this months ago before i knew the game names. i mean, really...
from the looks of it the game is combining with "pokemon go" to "reboot" the series. allowing the transfer of your pokemon into a "pokemon go" training system that lets you catch and level with the joycons like you do in the mobile app.
man i hope battling still works. its confirmed that ride pokemon are back. as well as the ability to place costumes on your starter [at least on eevee]. and you still have trainer battles, though i do not know about movesets or stats. its also confirmed that you can take pokemon caught in pokemon go and transfer them to these games to be used for battling.
another thing is you dont battle wild pokemon, apparently its done via walking encounters where they are physically in front of you in the overworld and you touch them to try catching them. this is sounding like a rediculous nightmare. i better not have to start breaking into nuclear power plants [literally] just to find magneton and zapdos with my !@# damn mother !@#$ing phone.\
oh and apparently magikarp jumps into space. but doesnt get to become gyarados. because SCIENCE!
edit-06072018-21130-minor changes
this doesnt matter to me. but Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Pokémon Let's Go Eevee are to be playable on the E3 show floor in Los Angeles next week, allowing for attendees to give the new systems a shot. this is as of the date DIRECTLY ABOVE but was posted on serebii.net on 05-06-2018 05:00 BST / 00:00
so if you want a chance to play the game get tickets to the e3 show in los angeles.
more importantly
so apparently they already confirmed a brand new game with 50 new pokemon after lets go comes out. this came has no relation to lets go apprently and my guess is
1. shadow pokemon game.
2. generation 8
[edit-06162018-184725-double kick pikachu?!]
ok so going to the lets go titles for the switch once more, theres gameplay video posted from matsuda showing that the catching mechanic functions via berries and balls. similar to the safari zone where berries increase the likelyhood of catching. also wild pokemon spawn at random physically in the open world and are represented via colors that swirl around them. big pokemon provide more x and are represented by red aura. also catching pokemon is how you gain xp for growing and battles run like normal. pokemon can follow you in open world and your game starter [eevee or pikachu] are always out.
also one HUGE inprovement: DOUBLE. KICK. PIKACHU. thats right people. lets go pikachu learns DOUBLE FREAKING KICK, a move that allows you to [quite literally] kick brocks ass and plow through the trainers in mt moon and other areas of the game.
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