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

[Minya_Nouvelle]

And it will be like sun and moon all over again where people deeply analyse a trailer of nothing lol

I'm still waiting for it to "all come together".

 

[Velvet]

The thread at resetera is... something.

 

[TheElderKing]

That forum is not working for me, although based on the replies here, I guess it’s a good thing.

 

[GrimmSceptile]

I'm still waiting for it to "all come together".

Hey i thoroughly enjoyed Lockstin's videos!

 

[Midorikawa]

Hey i thoroughly enjoyed Lockstin's videos!

The theories seemed plausible too. Until the end of the video that is. But it was a good video.

 

[Minya_Nouvelle]

Hey i thoroughly enjoyed Lockstin's videos!

I'm not sure who that is. I was just referring to the first Sun/Moon trailer. That one line produced a lot of crazy fan speculation. Can't wait for some equally vague tagline in the Pokemon Let's Go announcement.

 

[William-Jdubz]

Lockstin’s videos and theories got most mythology and history completely wrong with his arguing points which was a huge turn off to me.

But I did admire the passion he had. It was annoying when fans were using that as fact which always irked me lol The end of Pokémon is here !

 

[Ashura]

He was also right about the series reboot

 

[GrimmSceptile]

I'm not sure who that is. I was just referring to the first Sun/Moon trailer. That one line produced a lot of crazy fan speculation. Can't wait for some equally vague tagline in the Pokemon Let's Go announcement.

Lockstin is a poketuber who made a series of theory videos about how Sun and Moon were the last games before a reboot

 

[William-Jdubz]

He got it right for the wrong reasons.

With the majority of all Nintendo’s current franchises doing their respective reboots it was bound to happen anyway, was an eventuality.

 

[Feign]

Hey i thoroughly enjoyed Lockstin's videos!

He got a lot of the story and character beats right, especially with Lusamine, but the specifics always had something wrong. I think that's why people don't appreciate how much he did end up getting right, and the references were always well researched and on point. Plus the whole reboot thing seems to be turning out correct. Again, the exact specifics aren't 100% right, but he acknowledged that they likely wouldn't be and made fun of himself quite a bit. I'm a fan and I hope he's doing okay.

 

[GrimmSceptile]

He got it right for the wrong reasons.

With the majority of all Nintendo’s current franchises doing their respective reboots it was bound to happen anyway, was an eventuality.

I mean yeah, but Pokemon doesn't necessarily ''need'' a reboot of BOTW or Odyssey scale, but thats basically what the majority of the community do want now.

 

[William-Jdubz]

I think it’s time personally, the modern additions have slapped in a ton of gimmicks that do take away from the essence of the game, so a reboot is a nice way to go back to basics and it’s a money printing machine for GF since nothing has come close to selling what gen 1 did, hopefully these do well in the market.

 

[TheElderKing]

I think it’s time personally, the modern additions have slapped in a ton of gimmicks that do take away from the essence of the game, so a reboot is a nice way to go back to basics and it’s a money printing machine for GF since nothing has come close to selling what gen 1 did, hopefully these do well in the market.

I’m pretty sure that, regardless of how good or bad the next games will be, they’ll sell well, but not as close as Gen I. And it has nothing. to do with how good Gen I was.

 

[Silktree]

And yet at the same time we have people believing that these games are "boring remakes", or they're afraid of the Go elements.

The initial trailer should really be impactful if these games are supposed to be a renaissance.

 

[TheElderKing]

And yet at the same time we have people believing that these games are "boring remakes", or they're afraid of the Go elements.

The initial trailer should really be impactful if these games are supposed to be a renaissance.

It’s difficult to have that impact with a simple trailer, expecially a reveal one. They’re not usually that full of details. I think it’s more likely that they’ll focus on the new graphics for the reveal, and show more of the gameplay in June.

 

[BlindCaptainDrip]

And yet at the same time we have people believing that these games are "boring remakes", or they're afraid of the Go elements.

The initial trailer should really be impactful if these games are supposed to be a renaissance.

If these games do not feature Go too prominently, I think they will be great games. The only fear I have is too much Go.

 

[William-Jdubz]

I’m pretty sure that, regardless of how good or bad the next games will be, they’ll sell well, but not as close as Gen I. And it has nothing. to do with how good Gen I was.

Nothing will sell as close to that gen again sadly.

 

[Silktree]

If these games do not feature Go too prominently, I think they will be great games. The only fear I have is too much Go.

Nothing indicates that the battle system will be affected.

 

[TheElderKing]

Nothing will sell as close to that gen again sadly.

I don’t think GF or Nintendo would expect those kind of sales though. Pokémon games still sold great through all generations.