~ Official Pokémon News Discussion Thread ~ [POST POKEMON NEWS HERE]

[TyranatarGojira]

I hope they dont consider Pokemon Unite as big news..

Sadly they probably do.

Yeah, no. The game is in beta mode right now. They can't seriously give it a platinum pedestal.

Yeah. I know there was speculation that it was going to get shadow dropped on Pokemon day, but apparently a Canadian Beta was announced for April? I mean if that's the case we're still a long ways off.

I suppose the one thing I can say about Unite is it's free, so it won't cost anything to try it. But at the same time... Okay I've never played any MOBA's. But I swear they all look the same to me. I mean do they all have the same sort of branching paths through the stage or whatever?

MOBA's just feel like one of those things that are going to eventually implode due to a lack of diversity, and a oversaturation to me.

 

[Dragalge]

Sadly they probably do.

Yeah. I know there was speculation that it was going to get shadow dropped on Pokemon day, but apparently a Canadian Beta was announced for April? I mean if that's the case we're still a long ways off.

I suppose the one thing I can say about Unite is it's free, so it won't cost anything to try it. But at the same time... Okay I've never played any MOBA's. But I swear they all look the same to me. I mean do they all have the same sort of branching paths through the stage or whatever?

MOBA's just feel like one of those things that are going to eventually implode due to a lack of diversity, and a oversaturation to me.

Pokemon Unite lets you have a Garchomp wearing a scuba mask and a Hawaiian (Alolan?) shirt which other MOBAs can't say.

 

[TyranatarGojira]

Pokemon Unite lets you have a Garchomp wearing a scuba mask and a Hawaiian (Alolan?) shirt which other MOBAs can't say.

Please, there's only one line of Pokemon I want to see wearing an Alolan shirt, and that's the Slowpoke line. They missed such an opportunity for an Alolan Slowpoke/Bro/King in gen VII I tells yah.

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

Pokemon Unite lets you have a Garchomp wearing a scuba mask and a Hawaiian (Alolan?) shirt which other MOBAs can't say.

Hell, not even Pokken got that far but it lazily gave outfits to the freaking 2D avatar.

 

[WishIhadaManafi5]

This is not the thread to go into random discussion about games that have not been announced.

Thanks.

 

[Pokemon Power]

So far, all we've gotten in terms of info for Pokemon Week are what's in store for the mobile games next month. Though I have a feeling we'll be getting big stuff soon.

 

[ebevan91]

So far, all we've gotten in terms of info for Pokemon Week are what's in store for the mobile games next month. Though I have a feeling we'll be getting big stuff soon.

I’m gonna guess that tomorrow at around 9/10am eastern they will announce a direct for Friday morning around the same time.

 

[janejane6178]

Nintendo Direct tomorrow for 20mins. Isnt that too short? How long does it usually last?

 

[Ignition]

Nintendo Direct tomorrow for 20mins. Isnt that too short? How long does it usually last?

The last couple have been ~10 minutes long so this is double the usual. That should be more than enough time to show whatever they want to reveal.

 

[janejane6178]

The last couple have been ~10 minutes long so this is double the usual. That should be more than enough time to show whatever they want to reveal.

Its Pokémon Presents, rather than Pokemon Direct.
Did they ever eveal a new main game in Pokémon Presents -?

 

[Wulava]

See it be 12 minutes of retrospective, 7 minutes of spin-offs, 30 second-trailer of DP Remake, and a 30-second outro.

In all seriousness though, I hope DP is indeed in there.

 

[janejane6178]

See it be 12 minutes of retrospective, 7 minutes of spin-offs, 30 second-trailer of DP Remake, and a 30-second outro.

But why Pokémon Presents instead of Pokemon Direct? Doesnt it make the change of a new Switch game lower? Idk the difference

 

[Wulava]

But why Pokémon Presents instead of Pokemon Direct? Doesnt it make the change of a new Switch game lower? Idk the difference

I really don't see the difference. Direct or Presents, it's still a Pokemon video that announces things.

Edit:
Besides, the last Pokemon Direct was January 9, 2020. After that, we had two Pokemon Presents (June 17 and 24th). I think this is their new "Direct".

 

[janejane6178]

I really don't see the difference. Direct or Presents, it's still a Pokemon video that announces things.

I have a trauma from the Pokémon Presents we had last year, where we only got Unites news

 

[Autobot N]

Weird, aren't these usually at 9:00 AM? It's almost like they knew I had a test from 9:00-9:50 tomorrow and worked around my schedule

 

[Ignition]

Weird, aren't these usually at 9:00 AM? It's almost like they knew I had a test from 9:00-9:50 tomorrow and worked around my schedule

It’s most likely to align with Japanese Standard Time which would make it 12:00 AM on Pokémon Day.

 

[Wulava]

I have a trauma from the Pokémon Presents we had last year, where we only got Unites news

Same. Wasted time and sleep on that one.

By the way, it's also called "Pokemon Presents" because it contains products that are not just for Nintendo systems.

 

[Pokegirl Fan~]

Getting ready to be disappointed lol

 

[janejane6178]

Getting ready to be disappointed lol

Same

 

[lolipiece]

I have a trauma from the Pokémon Presents we had last year, where we only got Unites news

There were two Presents last year, and only one was purely about Unites. This seems like a bit of an overreaction.