Update: Due to improper translations, Ishihara’s “Please trust us” line is incorrect. According to ResetEra’s Serebii, it actually translates to, “Please believe that there is no way that we will stray from the basic elements.” Due to the number of translations (Japanese to English, then English to Spanish and finally Spanish to English), take the overall article with a grain of salt.

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When the Pokemon Company unveiled its first major titles to grace the Nintendo Switch – Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee – there was a bit of a mixed reaction. Hardcore fans expected a full-scale RPG not unlike Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. The upcoming titles do look interesting so the enthusiasm was cautious to say the least.

Pokemon Company CEO and President Tsunekazu Ishihara spoke to Famitsu (translations via Nintendo Soup) in its recent issue and talked about concerns that fans may have. “Among those who have tried the game, some may feel that it has changed. However, we have been continuously changing the formula of the games since our inception, and in the end the players have accepted those changes.”

To that end, Ishihara believes that these changes are in the spirit of what the franchise is known for. “In that sense, this time we are doing the same, but that is part of the long tradition of Game Freak and the Pokémon series. We will not go wrong with the basics, so please, trust us.”

The Pokemon: Let’s Go series may not be a traditional Pokemon experience but it’s definitely considered a stepping stone to the next core RPG. The latter title will be out in 2019 for the Nintendo Switch. That’s the reason why the Pokemon: Let’s Go titles are based off of Pokemon Yellow.

“In Pokemon GO, you can take with you an associated Pokémon and walk with it, but if we return to its origin, we get to Yellow Pokémon. In Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, we wanted to expand this feature even more. Pikachu always follows Ash in the anime, while Eevee has become very popular because it can evolve in many different ways.

“And as I mentioned before , we want this to be the game that people go to play after Pokémon GO, since Pokémon Red, Blue, Green and Yellow appear in Pokémon GO, so it seemed like a good decision. Based on these things, we decided that Yellow Pokémon would be the perfect choice.

Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu and Let’s Go, Eevee release on November 18th for the Switch. What are your thoughts on the games thus far? Let us know below.

The next Pokemon games, if not THE major Pokemon game that we’re waiting for, will hit Nintendo Switch this November according to the surprisingly low key press conference that happened tonight in Tokyo. Pokemon Let’s Go! Pikachu and Eevee are the loosely inspired by Pokemon Yellow returns to the Kanto Region that also integrate quite heavily with Pokemon Go, but it seems that while the titles look back on the series past, it will also feature a tease for its future.

The title is set to feature just 152 Pokemon, with a square focus on the original Kanto Native species that players could originally discover across Yellow Version. But according to a comment translated from The Pokemon Company CEO on Twitter from someone at the event, there will be one, all new Pokemon in the game, on top of that classic 151.

No further comments have surfaced clarifying if you can actually catch the beasty, or whether it simply appears as a secret for what’s to come in 2019. There’s precedence for this kind of thing in the series, with Generation 4 Munchlax and Bonsley both showing up prior to the release of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl within the Gamecube companion title, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness.

Pokemon CEO: one completely new Pokemon will be in the game. Completely all new

— Yuji Nakamura (@ynakamura56) May 30, 2018

It’s been nearly two weeks since the monumental release of Pokemon X and Y, and it’s safe to say that, although it never fully halted, the Pokemon hype train is once again very much up and running. However, it looks as though Game Freak isn’t taking much time to sit and bask in the glory of their most recent release.

Earlier today footage of a brand new Pikachu game was released onto the internet. While very little is known about the game at this time, we can see from the video that part of it’s functionality is to have Pikachu mimic the facial expressions of the player in real time. This will likely be done via the use of the Nintendo 3DS camera.

This apparent video leak supports several rumors that have surfaced regarding a brand new Pikachu based title being in the works from Japan. While Nintendo declined to comment on the video, Tsunekazu Ishihara, the president of the Pokemon Company has a televised interview scheduled for October 28th. It’s safe to assume we will hear some more details at that time.

Stay tuned to Gamingbolt to find out the details.

Source: Neogaf

Last year a special Mewtwo was given away by The Pokemon company in Japan. Now, said Mewtwo will be making his way to the US of A. Starting February 12th, The Pokemon Company will begin distributing the Mewtwo over Wi-Fi for Black or White owners. A page on the official Pokemon website claims he has a move which Mewtwo cannot otherwise obtain, so it may well be the same as the Japanese Mewtwo who came with Psystrike, Shadow Ball, Aura Sphere, and Electro Ball.

Thanks to Siliconera for the info.