Official Pre-Pokémon Sword & Pokémon Shield Speculation & Leaks thread

[Joker901]

The direct for Pokken DX/ USUM is up on the US Nintendo YT channel.

Ok. I think it's the pokemon channel that deletes the video not nintendo...

 

[Silktree]

I still find it shameful that those games even got a Direct. A simple video would have sufficed.

 

[Plubio]

Oh, this scalated quickly.
I do wonder if tomorrow we're getting a Direct announcement or not...

EDIT:

I still find it shameful that those games even got a Direct. A simple video would have sufficed.

It was probably for Pokkén I'd say o:

 

[Silktree]

It was probably for Pokkén I'd say o:

I guess, since it was the first Switch game, but even USUM had more new content.

 

[Riahi]

Idk how we are expecting an announcement, it's very unlikely but whatever

 

[Joker901]

Oh, this scalated quickly.
I do wonder if tomorrow we're getting a Direct announcement or not...

EDIT:


It was probably for Pokkén I'd say o:

If you consider that the directs in 2013 and 2016 were for x/y and s/m, I would say that the last direct was probably for usum cause Pokken was already out and what was released last year was just a port for the switch, not exactly a new game. The only new entry was Decidueye...

 

[Desdar300]

this game seems like huge attention seeker lol

I tell you bud the hype backlash will be insane.

 

[TheMonster6893]

I get the feeling people will either love it or hate it. No real in between XP

 

[Joker901]

I tell you bud the hype backlash will be insane.

They could have announced the games in March 2018 and avoid the backlash. They decided to announce the first pokemon games on console in June 2017 and then: nothing for 10 months. What did they think that the fans would have simply waited quietly till the real announcement? A year of nothing means: fake leaks, fake rumors, huge hype, madness. The hype backlash will happen and there's nothing anyone can do with it.
And we don't even know if we are close to an announcement. Imagine other 4 months like these last 3. XD

 

[Cainhxrst]

if these games are the first games in the series to debut on a new console without being a new generation. ohhhh mannnnn

It'd be kinda ironic. It'd be like the stars backlash v2, except maybe not as bad (??) I honestly think it'll depend on what the games are and how much new things they have to offer

 

[The Great Guardian]

They could have announced the games in March 2018 and avoid the backlash. They decided to announce the first pokemon games on console in June 2017 and then: nothing for 10 months. What did they think that the fans would have simply waited quietly till the real announcement? A year of nothing means: fake leaks, fake rumors, huge hype, madness. The hype backlash will happen and there's nothing anyone can do with it.
And we don't even know if we are close to an announcement. Imagine other 4 months like these last 3. XD

You just answered your own question. The longer they make us wait, the more hype generated. This is the second thread here, and there’s one on ResetEra, just on Pokémon switch. There’s a huge amount of hype for the games now

 

[ThePokeSpectre]

if these games are the first games in the series to debut on a new console without being a new generation. ohhhh mannnnn

It'd be kinda ironic. It'd be like the stars backlash v2, except maybe not as bad (??) I honestly think it'll depend on what the games are and how much new things they have to offer

Difference is we know these games exist.

 

[Desdar300]

They could have announced the games in March 2018 and avoid the backlash. They decided to announce the first pokemon games on console in June 2017 and then: nothing for 10 months. What did they think that the fans would have simply waited quietly till the real announcement? A year of nothing means: fake leaks, fake rumors, huge hype, madness. The hype backlash will happen and there's nothing anyone can do with it.
And we don't even know if we are close to an announcement. Imagine other 4 months like these last 3. XD

These games just have alot at stake.
If the battle changes are true then there's going to a divide worse than the Red Sea and if it's your average Pokemon experience then they'll be those decrying the lack of innovation.

 

[Joker901]

You just answered your own question. The longer they make us wait, the more hype generated. This is the second thread here, and there’s one on ResetEra, just on Pokémon switch. There’s a huge amount of hype for the games now

The hype makes you wait for the games but it also creates huge expections. Rumors told us about a reboot, new battle system, unreal engine, open world, new region, new pokemon, airplanes, human sacrifice, a type of games that we cannot even understand...
If these games turn out to be the usual pokemon games people are gonna be mad af. Just wait and see.

 

[Jukain]

I don't see any way they can avoid a large amount of people ragequitting. I've seen worse, but apparently the fandom isn't going to put up with it anymore. It's possible they already failed.

 

[Ashura]

View: https://youtu.be/VzO6J981nAw

Man.. this brings back memories. It also dawned on me after watching this... we got 5 straight years of Pokémon games after Platinum. (By we I mean the west).

 

[WallflowerCanyon]

I get the feeling people will either love it or hate it. No real in between XP

I feel like this has been the fandom's story for the past 20 years.

 

[Joker901]

I don't see any way they can avoid a large amount of people ragequitting. I've seen worse, but apparently the fandom isn't going to put up with it anymore. It's possible they already failed.

People would have bought them anyway if they were on 3ds (I bought ultra sun and I really shouldn't have). The problem is that these games have to make people buy a switch if they don't have one. They need to be good for this reason (in nintendo's thoughts). Also I think that the switch titles announcement made fans forget about usum disappointment. But now there's so much tension in the air that I can see fans getting really mad if the new titles don't match their expectations because it will come after usum disappointment.

 

[Riahi]

These games just have alot at stake.
If the battle changes are true then there's going to a divide worse than the Red Sea and if it's your average Pokemon experience then they'll be those decrying the lack of innovation.

I honestly doubt they will change the battle system drastically, there's no real thought process behind such a risky decision. By that I mean it will still be turn based

 

[Zweilous]

I don't think any backlash that hits these games from expectations will really affects them much. USUM was contested from its reveal to its release, yet it looks to be on its way to being the best selling third version, maybe even potentially beating out B2W2.

As long as the game functions well, it will sell, Pokémon is not the type of game that lets the expectations of the fandom keep it down.