Oh yeah forgot to mention: a new gameplay video was shown of Let's Go today
Some things I noticed:
1. Eevee in a bucket. Besides the adorable-ness, when would this animation play? Is having Eevee wearing a bucket a costume choice? I kind of doubt it, making me wonder if there aren't going to be locations where you can see special animations with the Starter. They did something similar in Detective Pikachu.
2. Ah, so you encounter your Starter when you meet Professor Oak like in the original Yellow. Hopefully this will make soft resetting for the gender of Pikachu/Eevee you want easier.
3. That's interesting, instead of the grumpy/drunk old man, it's Jessie & James blocking the entrance to Route 2 from Viridian City. Or at the very least they are after getting Oak's Parcel.
4. And they move the Rival Battle from right after getting your Starter to after delivering Oak's Parcel, also increasing the Rival's Starter to Level 6. Also confirmed the Rival does get the opposite version Starter. While an alright change... I can't help but question if this change was done so to give the player an opportunity to level up their Starter as well as catch a whole team of Pokemon before facing the Rival and their ONE Level 6 Starter. This is pretty much a battle you'll have to work to lose now, unlike in the original where it's possible for you to lose but its scripted so even if you do the story continues. So will it do the same if you lose here or, since you now shouldn't lose, will the player white out thus meaning you have you beat the Rival thus meaning canonically the player never loses a battle with their Rival.
5. Looks like the Pokemon Refresh feature is only for the Starters because your Pikachu and Eevee are the stars here, all your other Pokemon is fodder. Might as well send all Pokemon you catch to Professor Oak to process into candies so you can buff up Pikachu and Eevee asap (if you can't tell I'm being sarcastic; I'm disappointed by this as it feels like they're saying only the Starter matters and won't even let you bond with your other Pokemon. They could have easily recycled the Pokemon Refresh animations from Gen VII while also giving Pikachu and Eevee unique ones).
6. It looks like they got the Pokemon scaling right now that they're on the Switch. The Pikachu vs. Onix battles looks exactly how I imagined it should look like: this gigantic, looming rock snake staring down at your team of little monsters. It finally recreates that intimidating size factor which the anime (both main series and Origins) portrayed.
Question: Does Trace say anything interesting? Like does he indicate his relation to Professor Oak?
Some footage of Pokémon following Trainers have surfaced:
Venusaur
Caterpie
Golem
Onix
Electrode
Not much, but pretty interesting. Caterpie and Venusaur are the best ones here IMO.
Venusaur: Lol, it hops like a frog! I was not expecting that.
Caterpie: That's fun, you can actually outrun certain Pokemon and if they fall behind too far they just teleport back to you via their Poke Ball.
Golem: Ah, so the kept the rolling idea for Golem, wonder if they also did so for Graveler?
Onix: Already seen so not much to say. So a joke? Hmm... gee, they're sure going to need to repair a lot of streets and sidewalks with us riding around on Onix. Actually, here's a question: to interact with people or pick up items will be need to get off ride Pokemon? Seems like pressing A checks on the riding Pokemon.
Electrode: Already seen. I kind of hoped each time you saw Electrode's face it would have a different expression, that would have been cute.