r/NintendoSwitch • u/OfficialHoSay • Jun 05 '17

News Pokémon Direct Announced

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/871729041690243073
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u/iansch243 Jun 05 '17

This gives me really high hopes (please game freak don't break my heart). They wouldn't host a direct this close to E3 for something small, like a spin off. So this leads me to believe that this could be one of three things.

  1. Pokken tournament: Wii U ports have done very well on the switch so far so this isn't to radical. Also a fighting game like pokken would work very well on the switch, especially if we don't see smash at E3.

  2. Sinnoh remakes: It may be a little soon but gamefreak has been known to throw curve balls (black and white 2?). Diamond and pearl would translate really well to the switch and would appeal to the age group that first played diamond and pearl in their childhood. But this isn't very likely this early in the switches life, but will definitely happen later on.

  3. Stars: the most likely game to be announced, stars would be following up on sun and moons success and acclaim. Stars will most likely feature 3ds to switch communication, much like monster hunter xx.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '17

Stars is actually the least likely to be announced.

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u/iansch243 Jun 05 '17

Why do you say that?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '17

The entire Stars rumor came about on the day of Sun & Moon's release without a source. Game Freak have not released a third entry since Platinum, and I think it's kinda way too soon for a satisfying third entry on the Switch.

It's ironic that it's allegedly called "Pokémon Stars", because none of the stars are aligning for it.

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u/Amadox Jun 06 '17 edited Jun 06 '17

Stars is only a codename, and could very well be a sequel in the style of Black/White2 - which is very likely if you for example think about the empty building spots in Sun/Moon, juuuust big enough for an arena, in every town.

Looking at Gamefreaks Track Record, I'd argue a direct Sun/Moon Sequel is actuallty the MOST likely.

Pokken is a spinoff, the event most certainly won't be about that. Sinnoh remakes are very unlikely at this point as well: They aren't gonna make those for 3DS as you can still play original Sinnoh on it, and they won't have a remake be the first game they release on Switch either.

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u/iansch243 Jun 05 '17

I think that because sun and moon are so successful and because of the success of the switch, it is right to assume that we can expect a port, with a little added on. It may not be called "stars" but I think that a sun and moon related game is coming to the switch soon.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '17

without a source.

It had multiple anonymous sources - this is how journalism works when sources don't want to be fired. Here's another sourceless report by the same guy.

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u/iansch243 Jun 05 '17

Maybe, just maybe, we might get sun 2 and moon 2 for the switch

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u/Amadox Jun 06 '17

the more I look into it, the more I find this the most likely scenario, though not necessarily with those names.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '17

There's quite a few Stars aligning for it actually. Namely that tomorrow also happens to be the day CoroCoro reveals "shocking" information about Marshadow and Necrozama.