Aug 162021
This Wednesday, August 18, there will be a Pokémon Presents presentation at 6 AM PT / 9 AM ET.
The presentation is confirmed to feature the Diamond/Pearl remakes as well as Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
Like I mentioned back when they were first announced, I’m part of the minority that doesn’t mind the graphics of Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, but I would prefer to see the Pokémon Platinum storyline be included.
Maybe this presentation will give a better idea of whether the remakes are strictly focused on Diamond/Pearl content, or if they will follow Platinum’s plot.
(Since the games are due out this November, we should get a good look at them.)
As for Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the main thing I want to learn is if it’s truly an open world game or not. It appears to have turn-based combat, but the nature of the world and exploration is still ambiguous enough that I hope they clear it up.
But while those are the Pokémon games being featured, do we have a chance at seeing anything else? Unlike a lot of people, I don’t think there’s any chance of them announcing the next generation of Pokémon games, but I do hope they’ll finally reveal the Detective Pikachu game that was announced for a Switch a couple years ago.
(I still need to play the first one, but I might hold off if the Switch Detective Pikachu game turns out to be another expanded port… although I hope it’s a full sequel instead.)
What are you hoping for from this Wednesday’s Pokémon Presents?
At this point I feel like Detective Pikachu is dead. The game was cute but… easy, the most charming piece of it being Pikachu itself. I feel like the movie kind of overshadowed it and also probably stole so many plot points that it’s going the way of GRRM and essentially acting like “well we were gonna do it slower and more detailed but the basic story is out there so… eh”
Still, they said there was going to be a Switch game and then have been silent about it ever since.
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