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6/6/17 Pokemon Direct - Live Coverage


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Although we're on the heels of E3, it seems Nintendo has some announcements they'd like to make before their big upcoming press conference. It's time to get your pitchforks and hype trains ready, as anything could happen! And GBAtemp will be here to give you live coverage and a recap of the event after it airs, so stay tuned!

And so here we go:
They're talking about the Switch
"And now finally...we're excited to announce..."
Pokken Deluxe!
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There's a trailer for the game, showing off gameplay in the different modes of the Switch. Huge focus on local multiplayer.
Launches Sept 22 2017

Onto Sun and Moon!
And then randomly....!
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They just gloss over this announcement. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon for the 3DS announced. Oh and Pokken gets a new playable character. Pokken DX is also getting a playable E3 demo for Switch.

They bring out Masuda to talk about these games, stressed for the 3DS. It's an alternate story of the original game, with new Pokemon that didn't appear in the normal games. Global release Nov 17.

Last announcement! Pokemon Gold and Silver coming to 3DS virtual Console. Compatible with Pokemon Bank. Launch Sept 22.
 
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the_randomizer said:
Here's what I get out of this Direct:

NOA: We have a new Pokemon game for the Switch!
Everyone: Yay!
NOA: An updated version of Pokken that was on the Wii U
Everyone: Awesome!
NOA: Oh and remakes of old mainline Pokemon games for the 3DS, screw the Switch
Everyone: *All hype dies*

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but we got sliver and gold VC...


here is a gif of a badass pokemon from gen 2

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but we got sliver and gold VC...


here is a gif of a badass pokemon from gen 2

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Don't own a 3DS though, so the old games being on VC (which I can easily play on my hacked Wii U perfectly fine), I have absolutely zero hype. Nintendo doesn't want to have mainline games on the Switch because it would detract from sales for a six year old system. I couldn't give two damns, sorry.

The lesson is, never get your hopes up, but when something good happens, then you can be surprised. Knowing Nintendo, they'll botch the VC by toning down the color palette and gamma levels to reduce epileptic issues.
 
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Actually, I'm not surprised. They wouldn't have taken the risk to launch a mainstream Pokémon game on the Switch directly. Since the 3DS will still be supported by Nintendo until 2018, they better wait & see.

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Don't own a 3DS though, so the old games being on VC (which I can easily play on my hacked Wii U perfectly fine), I have absolutely zero hype. Nintendo doesn't want to have mainline games on the Switch because it would detract from sales for a six year old system. I couldn't give two damns, sorry.
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Nope, just that GameFreak isn't able to complete the dev of a new game on a brand new platform in 2 months, and that they can't really know if the Switch is viable by seeing 3 months of sale.
 
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Actually, I'm not surprised. They wouldn't have taken the risk to launch a mainstream Pokémon game on the Switch directly. Since the 3DS will still be supported by Nintendo until 2018, they better wait & see.

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Nope, just that GameFreak isn't able to complete the dev of a new game on a brand new platform in 2 months, and that they can't really know if the Switch is viable by seeing 3 months of sale.
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Even so, they could've at least released GBA games on the Wii U VC or Switch VC to get it rolling, I mean, they're just emulators with publicly available ROM images, minimal effort required. This is the major reason for not getting hopes up, I was tempted to get a New 3DS, used, just to spite them.
 
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Even so, they could've at least released GBA games on the Wii U VC or Switch VC to get it rolling, I mean, they're just emulators with publicly available ROM images, minimal effort required. This is the major reason for not getting hopes up, I was tempted to get a New 3DS, used, just to spite them.
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Wii U VC doesn't have GB/GBC and is long dead anyways. Switch VC hasn't been officially announced either.
 
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why are people bitching about no remake or gen 8 on switch?


the thing i dont understand is how do people expect them to develop a new pokemon game from scratch on a fairly new hardware.


I understand that if the VC games were made for Switch but a full blown new game?


check yourself.
 
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Even so, they could've at least released GBA games on the Wii U VC or Switch VC to get it rolling, I mean, they're just emulators with publicly available ROM images, minimal effort required. This is the major reason for not getting hopes up, I was tempted to get a New 3DS, used, just to spite them.
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Nintendo isn't interested in improving the sales of WiiU Pr-- Switch.
 
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Nintendo isn't interested in improving the sales of WiiU Pr-- Switch.
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That's another reason I don't get my hopes up, they'd rather milk the 3DS ad nasueum, it's anathema to me at this point. If I ever get a 3DS, it's gonna be used.

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why are people bitching about no remake or gen 8 on switch?


the thing i dont understand is how do people expect them to develop a new pokemon game from scratch on a fairly new hardware.


I understand that if the VC games were made for Switch but a full blown new game?


check yourself.
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They still could release older games on the Wii U or Switch VC, a ROM and emulator is minimal effort compared to a full game, that would've been plenty. Whatever, maybe I'll check out those 3DS refurbs at Gamestop.
 
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During the US/UM footage, watch carefully. Game footage is the same low 3ds quality, but the "cutscenes" are much much higher quality.

Could be saving the Switch version info for E3.
 

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