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Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! (Japanese: ポケットモンスター Let's Go! ピカチュウPocket Monsters: Let's Go! Pikachu) and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! (Japanese: ポケットモンスター Let's Go! イーブイPocket Monsters: Let's Go! Eievui) are the third and final paired versions of Generation VII. The games will be released on the Nintendo Switch.
The games were announced worldwide on May 30, 2018, at a Pokémon press conference in Tokyo, Japan.[1][2] The paired versions will be released worldwide on November 16, 2018. All copies of the game are playable in nine languages: Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese.
The games are set in the region of Kanto, with Pikachu available in Let's Go, Pikachu! and Eevee available in Let's Go, Eevee! as a starter Pokémon. The player will encounter Team Rocket, as well as have the opportunity to meet two all-new Pokémon.
In addition to customizing the player's clothing, the starter Pokémon can also be dressed in different outfits and be given different hair styles.
An accessory called the Poké Ball Plus can be used to catch Pokémon in place of a Joy-Con. Like the Pokéwalker, a Pokémon can be taken on the go and be interacted with.
If the player has gathered 25 of the same species of Pokémon in the GO Park, they can play a minigame in the Park's Play Yard for Candy.
Once the player has become the Champion, Master Trainers will appear and can be found scattered throughout the Kantoregion. They are considered the strongest Trainers for each Pokémon species in Generation I and can be spotted by the icon of the Pokémon they favor above their heads.
Wild Pokémon appear on the overworld. Coming into contact with one will engage them. They may appear with either a red or blue aura, which indicates their size, either being larger or smaller than their own standard size. Similar to the previous games, there is a chance to encounter Shiny Pokémon in the wild.
The Nintendo Switch Joy-Con is used to catch Pokémon by flicking one's wrist in a throwing motion, similar to the method in Pokémon GO. While in handheld mode, wild Pokémon are caught by moving a reticle with motion controls. Wild Pokémon, except for Legendary Pokémon, can no longer be battled in a traditional sense, but NPC Trainers can be battled as normal.
Legendary Pokémon can only be caught after defeating them in a battle.
A unique training system called the Candy Jar will be used for training and increasing the stats of Pokémon by giving them various types of candy, similar to the candy from Pokémon GO.
The starter Pikachu and Eevee can activate partner powers in battle once they have high enough friendship. If activated while they are in battle, they use an exclusive move—Pika Papow or Veevee Volley—which increases in damage based on friendship. If activated while they are not in battle, they boost the stats of the current Pokémon.
HM moves have been replaced by Secret Techniques that the starter Pikachu and Eevee can use in the overworld, but do not take up move slots. These include Chop Down for Cut, Sea Skim for Surf, and Sky Dash for Fly.
The games will be compatible with any number of Pokémon GO accounts through Bluetooth LE. Players can send Generation IPokémon and their Alola Forms from their phone to the games where they will appear in GO Park. The games can give Pokémon GO accounts various rewards in exchange.
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Trivia
Professor Oak's introduction in Japanese Pokémon Yellow
The term "Let's Go!" (Japanese: レッツ ゴー!) may be a reference to Pokémon GO and the end phrase of Professor Oak's introduction in the Japanese and English versions of the Generation Icore series games.
These are the first core series games to be released exclusively on a home console.
These are the only core series games to be playable exclusively on a system different from other core series games in their generation.
Let's Go, Pikachu! has the longest name of all core series titles, including symbols and spaces, with 18.
These mark the first time that an upper version has been remade.
As revealed in an interview with Junichi Masuda, the reason Eevee was chosen as a game mascot alongside Pikachu was because of all of the fanart Eevee has gotten.[7]
Masuda also revealed that Psyduck was considered for the role instead of Eevee, but was not chosen because it was the same color as Pikachu.
These are the first core series games where not every Pokémon revealed at the time is programmed into the games.
These are the first core series games since Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire to not be compatible with previous core series titles in any way.