Pokemon

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This week’s issue of Famitsu contains an interview with Pokemon president Tsunekazu Ishihara. Ishihara discussed Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire and a few other topics, but the most interesting comments came about when he talked about the future of Game Freak’s titles.

Famitsu first inquires about Pokemon as a whole. When asked about the current situation and views of the future from his perspective, Ishihara teased:
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I just have to post this here… because it could be the best thing ever.

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New entries in the Pokemon series tend to introduce brand new regions. Generation 1, for example, brought us Kanto. There has also been Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova and Kalos.

Something that could be interesting is a Pokemon game the encompasses all of the major regions we’ve seen thus far. Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda appears to be open to the possibility, though the team would need to “could come up with a way to really make that interesting”.

Masuda told Kotaku:

If we could come up with a way to really make that interesting, then it’s something we’d implement – but for me, personally, as a theory, I think it would be more fun for us all to enjoy different locations and then share that experience together than all have the same experience in the same region.

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 36 Comments

Nintendo hasn’t published any new Pokemon Stadium games since 2007. By the sound of things, the series won’t be returning anytime soon.

Speaking with USgamer, Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda said that simply improving the graphics wouldn’t be “as impactful or impressive” since Pokemon games are in 3D these days. A new Pokemon Stadium would instead need “some sort of new invention” for its existence to be justified.

Below are Masuda’s full comments:

“It kind of goes back to the core philosophy of Pokémon as a brand: We really want to excite people and surprise them with new things they weren’t expecting. The original games, of course, were 2D and in black and white, and seeing them in 3D was a stark contrast… it was kind of a huge surprise for players. Nowadays, the Pokémon are already in 3D, and I’m not sure that better graphics would be quite as impactful or impressive. So in order to come back to the Stadium series, I think we’d need to have some sort of new invention to justify it.”

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Posted on 10 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, 3DS eShop, General Nintendo, News | 6 Comments

Game Informer recently caught up with Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire producer Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori. The two were touched on slew of different topics, including the lack of Pokemon games on the 3DS Virtual Console, how Pokemon are chosen for Smash Bros. the possibility of revisiting the idea of extensions for previously-released titles, and more.

You’ll find a few excerpts from Game Informer’s interview below. Head on over here for the full discussion.

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Famitsu’s reveal for the new Pokemon project will be taking place in just under ten minutes. We’ve included a live-stream below.

You can alternatively watch the proceedings on Niconico.

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A listing on GameStop contains new images and details for the upcoming Pokemon monopoly set.

Check out the official product description below:

Partner with Pikachu and friends in Pokémon Monopoly! Travel through all eight gyms and battle all kinds of Pokémon in the Pokémon: Kanto Edition of Monopoly. Buy, sell and trade with other trainers to collect the most powerful Pokémon team!

Ages 8+ | 2-6 Players

Includes:

Pokémon themed game board features the Kanto Region and all eight gyms
6 collectible metal tokens: Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Eevee, Jigglypuff
Custom sculpted Poké Marts and Pokémon Centers replace traditional Houses & Hotels
Instructions

GameStop’s listing contains an August 30 release date, but that seems off to me given the Saturday release. I guess we’ll see!

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Posted on 10 years ago by Jarop(@gamrah) in General Nintendo, News | 34 Comments

It appears The Pokemon Company has another project in the works which they’ll be revealing to the public on August 26th via NicoNico. It’s unclear at this time whether or not the project will be a game, manga etc. but the official website has ???????? (Games – Additional) listed so there’s plenty of reason to be excited.

The stream will commence August 26th at 10PM JST via NicoNico, so we’ll have updates for you after then!

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In case you missed the news that European Pokemon X/Y owners will get a special Poke Ball Pattern Vivillion, here is a tweet just for you.

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According to the September issue of CoroCoro, the “Primal Reversion” forms of the legendary Pokemon Groudan and Kyogre will be featured in an upcoming movie debuting next year. No further information has been made available at this time. If additional details surface, we’ll be sure to let you know.

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