As one avid Pokemon GO player, I think I'll have to get this just to clear up my Pokemon box there. But still, this is... conflicting. I might also skip this if I can't transfer Pokemon of other generations. I have caught too many Latias and other things there, but if they limit that to original 151 I can only transfer bunch of shiny stuffs and low IV birbs and Mewtwo. I think I have to skip this unless they "update" it someday to allow newer generations. I only have few to transfer there if it only has original 151. And this is not to say the compatibility between this and
the new region game on 2019
.
Although likely, this will be compatible with the newer 2019 game. I can see PLG is a gateway game for Pokemon GO playerbase to get into the next main series. A business tactic, and maybe a clever ones, since Pokemon GO was cited to be behind the success of Sun Moon. Still, all of this and I just hope I can transfer my 'mon from GO over to core games just to relieve me of Pokemon Box capacity problems....
I'll also dig
deep the Pokemon customisation. About time not only us trainers get into style. The only reason I kept these hatted Pikachu in GO was that I hoped someday I could move these hats to other 'mon and have something like Witch Espeon or Party Sylveon.
Another point to see is that looks like newer
moves are there. Looks like there Parsher/Cloyster
? used Shell Smash. What intrigues me is that Magikarp jumping over the Earth; is that an in battle move (or even new-Z-Splash?) or just a cutscene?
Also, lol two players ganging up on a Bug catcher. Are they going to omit Double Battle and just let players gang up on NPC trainers or that bug catcher only have one mon?
I would assume that the choice of "only the original 151" is simply because PLG is, essentially, a HD Yellow remake fused with Pokemon Go, and it wouldn't make much sense if you're going to use the same storyline and ambientation to have the new pokemon as well.
Still disapprove, but it does make sense.
Is it really "only original 151" though? I mean, when we talk about cross-generation evolution, especially Eevee.... (Or maybe they'll just cop them out by denying Eevee of evolution like Yellow's Pikachu and no evolve items like Porygon's patch, King's Rock, or other things?)
Still, it looks like affection feature is also up there, which means Sylveon is perfectly possible.
... actually, yeah. If they're serious about this being remake of Yellow, Eevee probably refuses to evolve, which makes irony of Eevee
itself. Sure, we had the Eevee brothers in Anipoke (
many years ago), but at least Ilima in Anipoke had the Eevium-Z to justify himself, while feature of Z-move itself is unlikely to return.
From the trailer, what I basically think is that these games are more or less experiments with "new" mechanics that may or may not be able to be used in future games in a positive manner depending on implementation. It looks fun and some mechanics changes help refresh what is quite a stale
Furthermore the removal of wild fights can be interesting but there are concerns (Though I'm not familiar with GO capture mechanics). What is the capture system like? Will the Pokémon be able to run away? Furthermore, the removal of wild fights do bring up some big concerns involving level grinding, namely: Will there be a way to reliably level grind in this game? Will regular trainers be re-battleable? Will there be a post-game thing that will help assist with level grinding? Or will I have to fight the Pokémon League (if there is one) over and over again?
I see the Pokémon GO integration as not a bad thing at all, allowing players to connect with the game and potentially use as a bridge to move to mainline games. Co-op play is definitely interesting and raises a few questions but it's a bit too early to really see the limits of it. Starter customisation and following Pokémon are a nice, aesthetic touch. They are not really needed but really helps capture an essence of Pokémon is about (the player's personal journey), something that (Ultra) Sun/Moon definitely lacked. Poké Ball Plus (and motion controls) I don't have much of an opinion on, but if it helps enhance the experience and is well implemented, then so be it.
As for the Gen 1 + Alola Forms + New Pokémon, I am going to say this. I did not want a mainline game for the Switch to be released this year out of concerns for "rushing", but if it were to happen, it would be better to have one with a limited roster as opposed to a full roster. This is because it would give Game Freak et al more time to focus on developing a well-crafted product with great gameplay as opposed to a rushed game with a lot of wasted potential (ala X&Y).
Well... capturing in Pokemon GO is pretty much, getting the ball hit within the circle as you see in trailer, although the calculations can be complicated so we just need to follow general rule. The smaller (from Nice to Excellent) the circle is while you successfully have the ball hit within it, the higher chance to capture that mon. Pokemon can still run away in a fixed chance after each time they break out from the ball. Curveball, if implemented in PLG too, improves catch rate.
Well, catching mon can still give EXP. What makes me worried is EV, if it is implemented here. Although maybe they can just make the Pokemon in first slot gain EXP+EV as normally they do and EXP Share will appear too.
... still, I hope they open up new roster just to allow me to relieve my GO's Pokemon Box of these low IV legendaries and shinies. I'll have to read more.
Can agree with this. As said, I'd definitely not pay a full game price for a pokemon-go version of Yellow, expecially if there's no other way to catch mons than doing gestures, something I really really dislike (I hate motion controls with a passion, as an actual adult I don't need to pretend to be a literal 10 year old kid)
No doubt that Gen 8 games will be "back to normal" as far as mechanics go, that's a given.
What's obnoxious is that we'll basically be stuck for at least another year with gen 7 which... honestly... sucks as we were essentially "promised" (I know, they tecnically never said core series) with USUM Directs that the core series Switch games would have been available by the end of 2018, and I was really looking forward for those :(
Honestly, when they say this is main series game (but now retracted?), I was actually sad of knowing Gen7 was so shortlived. Still, I think this is better. This is probably GF experimenting with new stuffs to polish the actual Gen8 game and I'm all supporting GF not to make main series games each year and fumble each time they release it. I don't know if this is still Gen7 or 8, I'll just consider this Gen7.5.
Now, let me save for a Pokecen's real-size Popplio plush first. I haven't had the chance to get them, I don't want new generation to wipe out the Alola merches too quickly.