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→‎Trademarks: half the information on these articles dont' even focus on Pokemon, others have nothing to do with the switch, and all link back to the the original eurogamer source which is filled with either false or misinformed information. Information relating to this "buddy feature" doesn't exist(there is no planned 'buddy' feature, but rather a bunch of walking Pokemon animations, which don't go fully unused). The USUM being for switch is real but planned alongside 3DS not "instead"
(→‎List of core series games: And I just realized that I simply replaced them with different inaccurate numbers... Mayhaps it's simpler to just remove this.)
(→‎Trademarks: half the information on these articles dont' even focus on Pokemon, others have nothing to do with the switch, and all link back to the the original eurogamer source which is filled with either false or misinformed information. Information relating to this "buddy feature" doesn't exist(there is no planned 'buddy' feature, but rather a bunch of walking Pokemon animations, which don't go fully unused). The USUM being for switch is real but planned alongside 3DS not "instead")
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[[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] and Junichi Masuda have explained why upper version counterparts to {{game|Black and White|s}} or {{g|X and Y}} did not materialize.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/irej/vol1/index.html Iwata Asks about Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (Nintendo)]</ref><ref>[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/pokemon-black2-white2/0/0/ Iwata Asks about Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (Nintendo of America)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Pokemon-Black-Version-2-and-Pokemon-White-Version-2/Iwata-Asks-Pokemon-Black-Version-2-and-Pokemon-White-Version-2/1-Two-Sequels-Two-Years-Later/1-Two-Sequels-Two-Years-Later-663651.html Iwata Asks about Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (Nintendo of Europe)]</ref><ref>[https://lavacutcontent.com/masuda-ohmori-pokemon-gray/ Dr. Lava's translation of a Spanish Official Nintendo Magazine interview from late 2016]</ref><ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/6ucln2/ama_with_game_informer_magazine_about_their_trip/dlrpo58/ Reddit AMA by Game Informer on their visit to Game Freak from August 2017]</ref> In the case of the hypothetical Pokémon Gray or Grey version, Game Freak decided to instead develop {{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}} to surprise fans (though Black 2 and White 2 were later considered upper versions in some promotional material for the [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass]]), while the potential game "Pokémon Z" was never planned, with {{g|Sun and Moon}} being designed for the [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary]] as another surprise.
[[Tsunekazu Ishihara]] and Junichi Masuda have explained why upper version counterparts to {{game|Black and White|s}} or {{g|X and Y}} did not materialize.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ds/interview/irej/vol1/index.html Iwata Asks about Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (Nintendo)]</ref><ref>[https://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/ds/pokemon-black2-white2/0/0/ Iwata Asks about Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (Nintendo of America)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Iwata-Asks/Iwata-Asks-Pokemon-Black-Version-2-and-Pokemon-White-Version-2/Iwata-Asks-Pokemon-Black-Version-2-and-Pokemon-White-Version-2/1-Two-Sequels-Two-Years-Later/1-Two-Sequels-Two-Years-Later-663651.html Iwata Asks about Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (Nintendo of Europe)]</ref><ref>[https://lavacutcontent.com/masuda-ohmori-pokemon-gray/ Dr. Lava's translation of a Spanish Official Nintendo Magazine interview from late 2016]</ref><ref>[https://old.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/6ucln2/ama_with_game_informer_magazine_about_their_trip/dlrpo58/ Reddit AMA by Game Informer on their visit to Game Freak from August 2017]</ref> In the case of the hypothetical Pokémon Gray or Grey version, Game Freak decided to instead develop {{game|Black and White|s 2|Pokémon Black 2 and White 2}} to surprise fans (though Black 2 and White 2 were later considered upper versions in some promotional material for the [[Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass]]), while the potential game "Pokémon Z" was never planned, with {{g|Sun and Moon}} being designed for the [[Pokémon 20th Anniversary]] as another surprise.


{{wp|Eurogamer}} published several articles which mentioned an alleged port of Pokémon Sun and Moon for the [[Nintendo Switch]] codenamed "Stars" between November 2016 and December 2017.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-switch-will-get-pokemon-sun-and-moon-version Eurogamer (November 18, 2016)]</ref><ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-sun-and-moon-sold-nearly-2m-copies-in-three-days-just-in-japan Eurogamer (November 22, 2016)]</ref><ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/pokemon-sun-and-moon-files-include-unused-buddy-feature Eurogamer (December 6, 2016)]</ref><ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/sources-nintendo-switch-will-have-gamecube-virtual-console-support Eurogamer (December 7, 2016]</ref><ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/nintendo-confirms-proper-pokemon-role-player-for-switch Eurogamer (June 13, 2017)]</ref><ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/so-what-happened-with-pokemon-stars Eurogamer (December 15, 2017)]</ref> Coincidentally, an early June 2017 article describes a "clerical error" by [[The Pokémon Company]], which initially listed {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} as Nintendo Switch titles instead of [[Nintendo 3DS]] titles during their announcement.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/pokken-tournament-headed-to-nintendo-switch Eurogamer (June 6, 2017)]</ref>
{{wp|Eurogamer}} had reported in an early June 2017 article describing a "clerical error" by [[The Pokémon Company]], which initially listed {{g|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon}} as Nintendo Switch titles alongside being [[Nintendo 3DS]] titles during their announcement.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/pokken-tournament-headed-to-nintendo-switch Eurogamer (June 6, 2017)]</ref>


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