Generation 8 Rumours/Fakes/Leaks

[Knightwolf09]

I'm thinking that the game is most likely coming out in 2019. It's now mid-March. XY and SM were already revealed at this time of year. Late reveals tend to be either third versions or remakes, and I don't think that the Switch game will be either one of those things.

Didn't some games get revealed in april, which it isn't yet?

 

[RileyXY1]

Didn't some games get revealed in april, which it isn't yet?

That was BW. Things have changed since then, because back then Japan got the game a year before everyone else (the only exception being FRLG).

 

[TheMonster6893]

One evolution method that has to be changed is Inkay into Malamar (I can't flip my tv upside down).

You can just flip the controller upside down. The controllers have a gyroscope in them too.

 

[Synthaphone]

Speaking of evolutionary method retcons, I hope we get contests back again (and Milotic's original evolutionary method), with some sort of redesign- I really loved Sinnoh contests, with the Poffin cooking minigame and the dress-up and rhythm game aspects... it wouldn't necessarily have to be those things specifically, but some kind of minigame aspect would be really nice. The Hoenn style of contests that they brought back for ORAS are too luck-based for my taste.

 

[Knightwolf09]

That was BW. Things have changed since then, because back then Japan got the game a year before everyone else (the only exception being FRLG).

So the only other time was the last games that sold seperately in the US? Plus march and april isn't exactly late in the year

 

[RileyXY1]

So the only other time was the last games that sold seperately in the US? Plus march and april isn't exactly late in the year

New gens have certainly been revealed way early in the year recently. Most likely because GF wants more time to hype up the game.

 

[Cainhxrst]

Sun/Moon were revealed very late into February. It was nearly March by that point, and we didn't actually hear anything until May. There's still plenty of time left to reveal the games in my opinion.

I do agree I find it odd that they haven't shown anything yet. You'd think that with this will be the most ambitious generation yet, on the most powerful hardware, they'd want to reveal it as early as possible to get the hype going, yet things have been oddly quiet.

I've seen speculation that the first switch game(s) wont be a new generation and that's why they're waiting so long to reveal it similar to ORAS and USUM, and I know that with gamefreak you can never really tell whats next but I find it extremely hard to think they'd make their first games on new hardware anything but a new generation.

 

[RileyXY1]

Sun/Moon were revealed very late into February. It was nearly March by that point, and we didn't actually hear anything until May. There's still plenty of time left to reveal the games in my opinion.

I do agree I find it odd that they haven't shown anything yet. You'd think that with this will be the most ambitious generation yet, on the most powerful hardware, they'd want to reveal it as early as possible to get the hype going, yet things have been oddly quiet.

I've seen speculation that the first switch game(s) wont be a new generation and that's why they're waiting so long to reveal it similar to ORAS and USUM, and I know that with gamefreak you can never really tell whats next but I find it extremely hard to think they'd make their first games on new hardware anything but a new generation.

That's why I think that the games would be revealed by now. SM's announcement occurred on the franchise's anniversary. It's now mid-March. The time to reveal a new gen (if it was coming out this year) has passed, in my opinion.

 

[Knightwolf09]

That's why I think that the games would be revealed by now. SM's announcement occurred on the franchise's anniversary. It's now mid-March. The time to reveal a new gen (if it was coming out this year) has passed, in my opinion.

I really doubt it, but you never seemed to account if it does release this year, it could in December.

 

[Cainhxrst]

Yes! If they were to reveal the games in April/May they would still have enough time to do a full roll out for a new generation like usual if the games were to release in December (loosely speaking, I might be like a month or two off).

But I also have a baseless hunch that this time around, we wont have some massive dry period of news right after the games announcement.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Also a certain, the year of legends event strangely ends in november, leaving December open for a new game to come in since all the events for gen 7 are out of the way

 

[Oriden]

I'm thinking that the game is most likely coming out in 2019. It's now mid-March. XY and SM were already revealed at this time of year. Late reveals tend to be either third versions or remakes, and I don't think that the Switch game will be either one of those things.

Why did you have to bring this up again, we finally settled this debate some pages back. =_=

 

[Jukain]

They'll have to show something sometime soon if they still plan on it being this year. They'll be kicked out for certain if they wait much longer.

 

[SodiumChloride]

I do agree I find it odd that they haven't shown anything yet.

I think its because they want something for every month
March- 1st trailer Starters and legends
April- Eeveelution
And after this trailers every 3 weeks like SM

 

[Synthaphone]

Why did you have to bring this up again, we finally settled this debate some pages back. =_=

I'm really feeling this... it's way more fun to speculate over what could be coming, rather than arguing over whether 2018 or 2019 is more likely. I hope we get some news soon- I'm staying optimistic about the next few weeks, and if nothing comes, so be it, I'll just have to keep waiting. Being disappointed about Pokemon news isn't the worst thing that can happen to me, I'm willing to risk it.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Speaking of which, how long does it usually take to announce and upcoming region when a new gen mon cameos in a movie or something?

 

[Jukain]

For the 5th and 7th gens, a new mon WAS the first thing we saw, with the actual titles for BW being reveal many months after, and for the 7th, it was the very next month. The 6th gen actually revealed BEFORE they showed a new mon for the movie.

 

[Silktree]

It only took about two weeks in Magearna's case.

 

[Defiant]

@RileyXY1 it'd be interesting to get your opinion on what you think the 2 mystery plushes are coming out soon. Do you believe one is Zeraora, and if so what do you think the one next to Eevee is?

 

[dCraw]

Besides, this game is already breaking precedents because technically it already was announced so they may not feel the need to "re-announce" SM style and then have 3 months of silence, and instead just drop an XY style trailer whenever they feel like starting the trailer season and then continue steadily each month until release.