Spoilers Official Let's Go Pikachu/Let's Go Eevee Discussion Thread

[Fairy Type Arceus]

The summary screen apparently doesn’t have a place for an item slot and there is no option to Give/Take an item where it usually is.

Shot in the dark maybe you have to select give item to pokemom from the bag?

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Shot in the dark maybe you have to select give item to pokemom from the bag?

But then wouldn’t the Pokemon's summary screen display the presence/absence of a held item?

 

[Fairy Type Arceus]

But then wouldn’t the Pokemon's summary screen display the presence/absence of a held item?

I don't know but so far with lack of abilties, lack of items (maybe even the lack of types introduced since gen 1) this game is looking too Much like a spin off, but one way to know for sure is if they use it for vgc next year or not.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

maybe even the lack of types introduced since gen 1

Fortunately Fairy, Steel and Dark types exist in this game. Pokemon Go has moves of these types and Clefairy is fairy type in Pokemon GO. Dark and Steel types will not be removed so that Alolan Ratatta, Meowth and Sandshrew lines can be transferred to these games from GO.

 

[Silktree]

but one way to know for sure is if they use it for vgc next year or not.

I doubt it since they know competitive players wouldn't like that. I expect "use all non-mythicals in USUM!" instead, as boring as that would be.

 

[Blazing Charmander]

The more that I watch the footage from E3's Treehouse and direct feeds, the more that I question Game Freak's decision to completely leave wild battles out of LGPE. With the graphical power of the Switch, I would love every opportunity to see the Pokemon world live and breathe (Pokemon in the overworld is a good start)... so why not offer to players young and old the versatility of GO/Safari Zone style capture mechanics PLUS traditional wild battles? The former could be the default, but how about a toggle option on-screen when the player decides that **** has just got real and they want to incapacitate that wild Pidgeotto with Pikachu's electricity?

Now THAT would be a Pokemon Yellow remake done right, IMO.

And don't get me started on the more cheerful rendition of the 'Wild Battle' theme...

 

[badwolf1234]

5 pros of LGPE so far that i want them permanently add to the core series:

*Pokemon following you is a choice
*You can ride big pokemon
*Wild pokemon appears on the overworld(add this along with random grass wild would be better)
*You can change your team anywhere i.e. from your bag rathet than the pc
*You can rename any pokemon anytime rather than finding some name rater

Hopefully they add that any pokemon moves have a field effects but that would be too much

 

[Knightwolf09]

The more that I watch the footage from E3's Treehouse and direct feeds, the more that I question Game Freak's decision to completely leave wild battles out of LGPE. With the graphical power of the Switch, I would love every opportunity to see the Pokemon world live and breathe (Pokemon in the overworld is a good start)... so why not offer to players young and old the versatility of GO/Safari Zone style capture mechanics PLUS traditional wild battles? The former could be the default, but how about a toggle option on-screen when the player decides that **** has just got real and they want to incapacitate that wild Pidgeotto with Pikachu's electricity?

Now THAT would be a Pokemon Yellow remake done right, IMO.

And don't get me started on the more cheerful rendition of the 'Wild Battle' theme...

I would kind of argue, you can see with just a regular trainer battle. That's kind of what all wild battles are anyway, trainerless battles.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

I hope the green/red/yellow circles are optimised for the main series- capturing a Squirtle shouldn’t be hell with a standard Pokeball.

 

[Knightwolf09]

I hope the green/red/yellow circles are optimised for the main series- capturing a Squirtle shouldn’t be hell with a standard Pokeball.

It's also a matter of luck sometimes with pokemon. I speak from experience as there are some regular pokemon that utterly refuse to go in any pokeball till they off themselves.

 

[nickdt]

5 pros of LGPE so far that i want them permanently add to the core series:

*Pokemon following you is a choice
*You can ride big pokemon
*Wild pokemon appears on the overworld(add this along with random grass wild would be better)
*You can change your team anywhere i.e. from your bag rathet than the pc
*You can rename any pokemon anytime rather than finding some name rater

Hopefully they add that any pokemon moves have a field effects but that would be too much

I don't think we get Pokemon Following You, not even as a choice or Ride Big Pokemon in the core series, since for that we have too much Pokemon.

I also hope we don't get Wild Pokemon in the overworld, since that would make nuzlocking basically impossible.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

I don't think we get Pokemon Following You, not even as a choice or Ride Big Pokemon in the core series, since for that we have too much Pokemon.

1. LGPE is core series,
2. They already have riding/walking animations for all the Pokemon so it'd be a waste to not use them.

 

[nickdt]

1. LGPE is core series,
2. They already have riding/walking animations for all the Pokemon so it'd be a waste to not use them.

Its not core series, its a spin-off/core series hybrid.

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

Its not core series, its a spin-off/core series hybrid.

It’s officially confirmed to be a core series, announced by GameFreak and theirs is the only word that matters in the area.
Not to mention my 2nd point still stands.

 

[Silktree]

They'll probably keep following Pokemon as an exclusive feature of the Let's Go sub-series.

 

[badwolf1234]

I don't think we get Pokemon Following You, not even as a choice or Ride Big Pokemon in the core series, since for that we have too much Pokemon.

I also hope we don't get Wild Pokemon in the overworld, since that would make nuzlocking basically impossible.

Well i they do have every pokemon running model since sun and moon so i dont see a problem with them implementing pokemon following you or big pokemon being a ride in a main series game

Also i think that the possibility of overworld wild encounters in the main series could be high but i could see them going back to the traditional wild encounter

 

[PkmnTrainerV]

They'll probably keep following Pokemon as an exclusive feature of the Let's Go sub-series.

If it becomes a series.

 

[Silktree]

Which is confirmed to be the plan if it's successful enough.

 

[Team Gaara]

Let's Go is a core game, why are people still debating this?

 

[Knightwolf09]

Let's Go is a core game, why are people still debating this?

My guess, trying to find more and more reason to shrug off the game and skip it. Though this is trying a bit too hard.