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Pretty much where I’m at, though I do want to give the games a go, if anything just to have a better understanding of what TPC are going for with this exactly. Pokémon is great because it has a relatively low entry barrier but a high mastery barrier, so I’m struggling to see how this will entice GO players to make the switch to the main series games. Unless, of course, Let’s Go is going to become a spin-off series which is here to stay. Thank goodness that they’ve declared that this isn’t the game that they announced back at E3 last year, or the Internet might just have melted into a nervous breakdown. On the downside, with the knowledge that this game will have presumably been in production for at least three years by the time it releases, and with initial reception to Let’s Go proving somewhat divisive, at least amongst those whom seem to care most, I think we’re going to see more and more outlandish wishlists for Gen VIII. Which makes me worry that Game Freak has just put even more pressure on themselves to match fan expectations with the next main series title/s.

Some Q&A stuff going down. Now, this doesn’t bother me too much, seeing as it’s been rumoured for a while... ...but this does: Eh... UPDATE ...but then they say this and I get excited for a Dragon Eeveelution... YAY BOO This is a real emotional rollercoaster you’re putting me through, GF. After what I’ve heard about USUM, this is a very necessary clarification to make. So I guess I’m (very) excited for what next year’s Pokémon title will bring, because I’m kind of on the fence with LGEP right now. ...

Well, you won’t have to wait too long these tweets felt like they were sort of intended for you Honestly, I think I’m in on a return to Kanto. It probably helps that I haven’t played through the entire region in its original form in a very long time - the only time that I completed a journey through Kanto the save file got corrupted, and I haven’t really felt the urge to play the VC versions of the originals, despite owning them - but yeah, I think I’m ready to choose Bulbasaur again. While, of course, I’m waiting for Gen VIII proper to kick off next year one of the leakers that got this stuff right, including the timing of today’s reveal, did tease that we should be much more excited about next year’s game than this one, so I think we can remain (somewhat) hopeful that next year will bring the changes that we want to see.

Yeah, I think I’m in on Quest. Definitely seeing a lot of the negative reactions (seriously: why, Internet?), but I like how quirky it is; I think a lot of that wave of initial negative reactions is due to impatience over the Let’s Go titles. Anyways, it’ll hopefully keep me somewhat busy until I can get a Switch at the end of summer! As for the main games, I was expecting nothing more than Citra HD Gen VII graphics (not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind), so I was very surprised when the first images came through in the seconds before the trailer launched. There was definitely a moment of hesitancy with regards to the main character models, but I think the Pokémon models and environments look absolutely fantastic. And yep. Seriously, Nintendo are going all out in the final third by the looks of things, as they should be: Smash, Pokémon, and we still don’t know what exactly is going on with Yoshi, Fire Emblem or the recently rumoured Star Fox. The former two alone would be enough to cross the 20M units sold mark though, surely? Q&A session coming up, so we might find out some more morsels of information on the games shortly.

Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee and Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu are official! Coming Friday 16th November! Worth noting that other core series Pokémon RPGs are set to be released in H2 2019, too. So, if this isn’t your cup of tea, don’t worry: it seems like Gen VIII proper will be on its way shortly! Going to try start trying to move the official Pokémon livetweets into this post regarding the Let’s Go titles so that all of the info pertaining to these games are in one place.

And so it begins...I think I’m just going to quote livetweets of the event as it unfurls, and I suppose some of my reactions to the news, just to save anyone having to search extensively for the livetweet feed in the morning/later on. Wait. Wait. What?! What the... Okay. This looks strange, but I’m actually somewhat interested. Also... That would explain the event’s length. Guys, I think I might be in on Pokémon Quest. Maybe. Let’s see what else they announce first...

I don’t want to get too hyped, because I’m actually pretty well armed for some disappointment right about now, but... And, speaking of the media event... UPDATE (01:38) AHHHHHHHHHH UPDATE 2 (01:41) I don’t know why, but seeing this in English makes it seem so much more tangible. I need to learn some Japanese...

Over 100,000 people currently watching a Twitch livestream of a Fallout bobblehead. A lot of talk seems to be about it being a huge deviation for the franchise. Could be a smart move for Bethesda to get this out of the way before E3 too, if that is the case. Looking at people’s reactions to what this might be (that is to say, supposedly, a hero shooter?) makes it seem potentially divisive, and I don’t think that they want much, if anything, to get in the way of their focuses at this year’s E3. Which, let’s be honest, is probably whatever BGS have been cooking up as of late (and a consequent deep dive), Doom 2, and some Prey DLC.

The more I think about it, the more I think that the Let’s Go! titles were probably going to be 3DS titles all along. They’ll probably be “enhanced” in the same way that we expected to see a potential Stars be “enhanced”...which means in the same engine, and not so “enhanced”. If those come this year, I think there’s a chance we see Gen VIII next year. This, I hope, is just to tide us over - and give the Switch a momentum boost - until next year, when the real differences will be seen with a new engine, region, Pokémon, etc., taking advantage of the Switch’s power.

Huh, that is odd. Sorry, I didn’t mean to potentially mislead anyone. I wasn’t aware of the SFAC pricing, nor Capcom tax seriously though, what’s up with us paying considerably more, at least when one considers current exchange rates? I know that the £ has been somewhat volatile since the Brexit vote, but still, it’s been on the rise as of late. At current exchange rates, we’d effectively be paying 50% more than them for SFAC at those price points definitely seems like Capcom taking advantage of the situation.

Huh, all versions have an RRP of $29.99 in the US. Probably means £25 for us?

Yeah, I think that’s true. He was playing as a right back for them a few seasons ago before he got phased into the role of defensive midfielder, and he’s fairly interchangeable, so I think he got played there a few times this season? So I suppose that’s another plus for Liverpool, seeing as he can play in a couple of positions, and it’ll be good to give Trent Alexander-Arnold some competition with an older and more experienced player. As for Henderson, I’m not too sure; I could see him playing as a central midfielder in a midfield trio with two of Keita (central midfielder), Fekir (attacking midfielder) and Fabinho (defensive midfielder). After his knee injury a few seasons ago, which kept him sidelined for a whole season, Fekir is a lot slower than he once was, but he’s since evolved his gameplay to work around that, becoming much more of a box-to-box playmaker; that being said, I don’t see him being used as a winger in the Prem due to his lack of pace. I think it’ll be interesting to see who United sign this summer, too. Guardiola got a lot of flak last summer when he signed a few fullbacks, but I think you have to do the exact same come this summer, and, at least from my point of view, there’s still a lot of deadweight at the club. They’ve needed an overhaul since before Fergie left.

Todd Howard’s interview with Geoff Keighley during YouTube Live at E3 2016 is the main reason for my stance that it’s still a while away. One of those two other major projects seems likely to be Starfield, and if we’re only just going to find out about that game at this show, then I think there’s a good reason to believe that it might still be quite a ways off. From the sounds of it, they might want to build a new engine for VI (if I recall correctly, they were looking for people to work on an engine as recently as 2016) and I feel like - with how Bethesda games seem to continuously leak, and have for a while now - we would have heard the tiniest whisper that VI was in development prior to it being shown off as a tentpole game at E3. Also, @Ganepark32, did you mean Pete Hines? Because he clarified some of what Todd said shortly after that E3 interview with Keighley, stating that the game was not yet in development (as of August 2016); links aren’t working for me right now, so: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/elder-scrolls-6-not-in-development-right-now/1100-6441274/. And then, in an interview with Gamespot (https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bethesda-e3-2017-exec-explains-why-elder-scrolls-6/1100-6450988/) last year:

Yeah, that’s what’s expected at the moment, but there are still a lot of question marks about what the game will actually be if that does turn out to be the case, and what it might mean for the future of the franchise. We’re supposedly returning to Kanto, but which Kanto? Is it an alternate take on the original games, or a sequel? Could it really only contain the original 151 Pokémon in the main story? Or, a big one for @Glen-i: will we see new Pokémon, whether new lines entirely, evolutions/pre-evolutions of past Pokémon, or even Kantonian forms for some Pokémon not native to the region, as we saw introduced in Sun and Moon? There’s been a lot of hearsay about what we’ll be getting, but having that all put to rest with some official information about the game should calm things down a bit.

Wouldn’t be too surprised if it was a Fallout 3 or New Vegas remaster (releasing on Switch too) either. I think we’re still a while off from the next Elder Scrolls, to be honest I’d actually be [pleasantly] surprised if we saw VI on the current generation of systems, at this rate

Emily Rogers is saying that we won’t have to wait until Thursday for Pokémon news, which is unsurprising, given that Oha Suta airs tomorrow evening BST. So, tomorrow it is She’s also saying that she expects divisive or mixed reactions, and whilst that seems foregone conclusion with such a vast and varied community, it does make me the slightest bit nervous about what exactly we’re going to see...

October 2nd

I can almost taste the announcement.

Man, I can’t wait for Mystery Dungeon to (eventually, hopefully) come to Switch. I think I’ve replayed Explorers of Time/Sky more than I have any other game, but I’ve still yet to go through SMD. Also, looks like someone might have jumped the gun with regards to Oha Suta... Could probably end up being revealed tomorrow?

That’s nuts. Should be interesting to see if these trends are consistent with the NPDs.

Fabinho (Monaco) is an excellent signing for Liverpool. I have to admit, I’m a bit envious. Him and Keita should elevate the quality of your midfield and add much more depth almost immediately - I think it’s where a lot of your surprising losses came last season. Add to that that you’re supposedly after Fekir (Lyon) too, and you’ve seriously got a team to be feared in the final two thirds come next season. I’m glad to see that it’s back to business almost immediately for you guys. I wish we’d do something...

So, PUBG could be totally screwed. I literally just finished reading about the time Silicon Knights tried to sue Epic, who counter-sued. Epic won, and as a result, Silicon Knights had to recall all unsold copies of their games using the Unreal Engine. And guess who else uses the Unreal Engine? Yeah: PUBG. Could someone please pass me the popcorn?

“A new history is born”...Explorers of Time/Space/Sky but with time travel set to 1000 and constant jumping back and forth? Because I’d be in

Guys...IT’S HAPPENING, IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S FINALLY HAPPENING! I doubt that Oha Suta will be the first to reveal the game if this is it. Off the top of my head, I can’t remember the last time a Japanese show got to be the first to exclusively reveal a game, though I remember plenty of times that they’ve revealed new Pokémon or shown off new footage. So a reveal by Thursday seems probable?