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Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Eevee! Switch Games Revealed for November
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The Pokémon Company announced during the Pokémon 2018 Video Game Press Conference on Wednesday that GAME FREAK is developing a new pair of games for the franchise titled Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!. The games are slated for the Nintendo Switch on November 16.
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The games are set in the Kanto region of the first Pokémon games, and are specifically based on 1998's Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition.
The games support both single player and local cooperative play, and can be controlled with only one Joy-Con controller. Players use the controller to throw Poké Balls and capture Pokémon. Nintendo will also offer a Poké Ball Plus controller that functions as a Joy-Con, but can also "hold" one Pokémon that can then be transferred to a user's Pokémon GO smartphone game account. Players can also transfer Pokémon from Pokémon GO to Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee!.
Source: Pokémon 2018 Video Game Press Conference
Update: The official Japanese Pokémon Twitter account lists the games for 5,980 yen (about US$55) each via retail packages or download. The Pokémon Ball Plus will retail for 4,980 yen (about US$46). Source: Pokémon Twitter account via Hachima Kikō
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