That was FAST, yo.
The next Pokemon generation starts before 2022 ends.
As part of the Pokemon Day presentation, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were revealed for a late 2022 release. The main areas shown were an open city and areas with various Pokemon in it.
The game's starters - appearing to use traditional Grass / Fire / Water triangle - were revealed but not named in the trailer, nor was a name given to the region. A later press release confirmed the starters as Sprigattio (Grass), Fuecoco (Fire), and Quaxly (Water).
Welcome to the open world of Pokémon.
— Pokémon (@Pokemon) February 27, 2022
Embark on an open-world adventure in Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, arriving on Nintendo Switch in late 2022.
❤️💜 #ScarletViolet pic.twitter.com/xZZTNzGgS1
It still feels too soon!
I don't follow the Pokémon franchise as a whole, but isn't it all connected? Don't they have to time new games to coincide with other new products such as anime and cards? Does Game Freak itself have much, if any, say in when new gens release?
Guess there's absolutely no reason to play Arceus now.That seems a little dramatic.
Guess there's absolutely no reason to play Arceus now.That seems a little dramatic.
Why? Everyone's acknowledged that Arceus is just a prototpe for these 2 games. Why bother playing the half-baked prototype when you have the hypothetically fully-realized version of it in the "real next games", and it's coming out later that same year?As Mop it up mentioned, we barely know anything about the game. I don't know one can jump to the conclusion that there's absolutely no reason to play Legends: Arceus based on next to no information.
Even then, Legends Arceus is pretty easily a top 5 Switch game for me so you should definitely play it.
Anotheryearmonth, another $60 Pokemon roster update, now arbitrarily in 2 flavors again. Guess there's absolutely no reason to play Arceus now.
Calling Pokemon games a $60 roster update feels like you're both making a large over-simplification and wildly missing the point of the entire franchise.
I like the look of the Apple Dinosaur. It's the most a start Pokemon has caught my attention in years. And yet, for some reason, it feels like it's a creature that I've seen before or has been around for longer than just since yesterday when I first saw it.Or maybe it means they're good at designing new Monz to fit in with the old ones. Also I've been told that it's actually a pepper, which I guess makes sense given fire type, but I'm probably still gonna call it an apple...
I always go for the fire starter and this batch will be no exception. I can only hope the final form is at least decent...I like the look of the Apple Dinosaur. It's the most a start Pokemon has caught my attention in years. And yet, for some reason, it feels like it's a creature that I've seen before or has been around for longer than just since yesterday when I first saw it.Or maybe it means they're good at designing new Monz to fit in with the old ones. Also I've been told that it's actually a pepper, which I guess makes sense given fire type, but I'm probably still gonna call it an apple...
In any case, as someone who hadn't really been into Pokemon since Gen 1 (though I spent a fair amount of time with Diamond and Pearl as well), Arceus looked potentially interesting. But it seems that asking Nintendo/Game Freak to even wait a month before announcing its replacement was too much to ask.Game Freak doesn't have any real control over that though. Pokemon just hasn't been a games franchise in a very long time. The series is the embodiment of the whole Space Balls merchandising clip. The mainline games exist to push and tie into other merchandising opportunities for the series by being the primary mechanism from which new Pokemon are introduced. The series has become a mechanism to push new content. Every 3 or so years now a new generation of pokemon is announced so they can sell new merchandise and kind of soft relaunch the series for a new generation of kids.