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[Draugoth]

 

[Power Pro]

2027? Ya know, I'm okay with that...take time to make it polished.

 

[Banjo64]

Within the realm of realism, considering Game Freak's very poor standards, this is as good as we could have possibly hoped for.

Looks good in my opinion.

 

[Saber]

The only good thing about that direct to be honest. Already knew that thanks to the Tera leak though.
Although I'm not totally certain, Pikachu textures looks weird.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves. It's essentially Pokemon Hawaii.

 

[TheMule1983]

Switch 2 only. This looks great and will sell a boat load of Switch 2s.

 

[Power Pro]

Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves. It's essentially Pokemon Hawaii.

Didn't we already have that with Sun and Moon?

 

[PSFore]

Switch 2 really needs a big release in the holidays, and I have no clue what it will be.

 

[confused_pumpkin1506]

this hopefully will be good

 

[Saber]

Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves. It's essentially Pokemon Hawaii.

The concept is talking about isles and archipelagos, not Hawai in specific.

 

[Cert.in.Death]

 

[th4tguy]

Looks really good. Hopefully we are talking about spring/ early summer 2027 to fit with the setting.

 

[Germuso]

I Hope they lesrn how to make buildings

 

[HerbertFish]

Is the grass starter even a new Pokémon? I swear to god that was already a starter

 

[Robb]

Oh wow, I was 100% expecting a holiday 2026 release for this.

I'm very curious about the rest of Nintendo's lineup now. They better do a big Nintendo Direct soon.

 

[rodrigolfp]

My body is reggie.

 

[Lambogenie]

I wish they would switch up the style from Scarlet Violet. Heck, Sun Moon but less flat colours/cell shaded.

 

[AetherZX]

Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves. It's essentially Pokemon Hawaii.

It's based on Southeast Asia.

 

[TheChadOfGaming]

Fire main but the dog looks lame. Hopefully the evo is good

 

[daclynk]

Huge upgrade on the visual side. Pokemon graphcally looking like a late PS3 game now.

If Pokemon is looking like this on a Nintendo system i CANT wait to see what Nintendo 1st Party AAA games are going to look on the NSW2.

 

[CuteFaceJay]

I'm glad we getting Gen3 vibes with this. Inbound IGN "Too much water"

 

[RomanceDawn]

Ok this is the one big game we are shown that's more than a year out. Gives super fans and casuals something to dream about while Nintendo fills in the blanks with other things.

 

[Emmy Ator Best]

Too bad it won't come out this year but looks like it's gonna be worth it

 

[Guerilla Munch]

We got Pokémon with graphics before GTA6

 

[Sethbacca]

It actually looks like they're trying this time. Nice.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

I want sprite Pokemon back. HD2D would be nice.

 

[Mozza]

Don't want to curse this but it looks pretty sweet so far, the game not being held back by the original hardware will help.

 

[Baemono]

Don't want to curse this but it looks pretty sweet so far, the game not being held back by the original hardware will help.

The Pokémon games on Switch 1 weren't really hold back by the hardware

 

[Mozza]

The Pokémon games on Switch 1 weren't really hold back by the hardware

I agree, but go exclusive on the Switch 2 and they have no excuse...

 

[Hero_Select]

This looks like a clear step above from Gen 9! I'm excited!

 

[Codes 208]

Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves. It's essentially Pokemon Hawaii.

We already got Hawaii with pokemon sun and moon

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

I can see the IGN review already

Too much water

 

[daclynk]

This looks like a clear step above from Gen 10! I'm excited!

This is Gen 10

 

[Ipsi]

I can see the IGN review already

Too much water

 

[daclynk]

 

[hououinkyouma00]

I want sprite Pokemon back. HD2D would be nice.

I'll admit that I'm not the biggest fan of the series (I was a huge fan of Gen 1 and the anime and I collected the cards as a kid but never played TCG) but I would love to see them return to the Pokemon Lets Go art style. I think that art style in 4K/60 would look really good and should be doable on Switch 2.

Lets Go already looked amazing on the Switch enough as it is.

 

[Hero_Select]

This is Gen 10

I meant to say gen 9 xD

 

[pulicat]

The water looks really nice in this gen, much better than many open-world games and a massive step up over Scarlet and Violet
.

Pokémon Wind and Waves vs FF7 Rebirth Ocean vs Scarlet/Violet

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Least they're leaning into the joke lol

 

[daclynk]

The water looks really nice in this gen, much better than many open-world games and a massive step up over Scarlet and Violet
.

Pokémon Wind and Waves vs FF7 Rebirth Ocean vs Scarlet/Violet

YEAH
THIS GEN NINTENDO GAMES WITH WATER PHYSICS ARE GOING TO LOOK GOOD AND GO CRAZY.

 

[Fbh]

Looks ok I guess.
Seems to follow in the formula of Scarlet/Violet but with a decent graphical upgrade.

The pokemon account replied lol

 

[Spukc]

True 11 GEN pretty sick

 

[Hudo]

This looks decent so far. And the starter Pokemon look also decent this time. Their designs remind me a bit of the more "subdued" designs that were present in gen 1 and (mostly) gen 2. One of the reasons I fell off after gen 3 was that the designs got progressively more "extreme", which I just don't like.

 

[nightfly]

Is it just me, or are starter designs getting progressively worse every generation?

 

[DreamcastSkies]

Did they show the starters?

 

[Nydius]

Did they show the starters?

Yeah, close to the end of the trailer.

The only one that stuck out to me was Pombom. A fire based Pomeranian? Yeah, that tracks. Growing up I had a friend whose parents had three Pomeranians and they were hyperactive balls of fur. Definitely perfect as a fire type.

Edit:

 

[jshackles]

The water looks really nice in this gen, much better than many open-world games and a massive step up over Scarlet and Violet
.

Pokémon Wind and Waves vs FF7 Rebirth Ocean vs Scarlet/Violet

Pretty sure this is a bullshot though, get ready for massive downgrades by release.

 

[Danjin44]

I would say this time around the environments big step up from their past games but I can't never see myself getting in to Pokémon. I just never liked the their creature designs in these games and with more "realistic" visual style for environments makes the Pokémon themselves stand out so badly.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

the art style is jarring. some things hyper simple and flat while others are realistic and detailed.

i guess the budget only allowed for advancing part of the game. give it another gen or two and the whole thing will look 2020s modern and cohesive.

also, another grass bird and water lizard feel too same same as rowlet and sobble. also very close spacing genwise

oh well. another gen that doesnt convince me to come back

 

[Ecotic]

Alright, with it being a Switch 2 exclusive (no Switch version, I think?) and a 5-year development cycle from the previous mainline release, maybe it can have something close to a premium feel. I want to be able to sit down and think I'm playing a modern, AAA Pokemon game with minimal self-delusion.

C'mon Nintendo, please have thrown some money and resources Game Freak's way.