Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee!

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  1. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. Marioipod13
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    Get FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver, or even Red/Blue/Yellow/Gold/Silver/Crystal instead. They are on better consoles, they are less than half the price, and they literally have more conent than Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee.
  3. xSpOokie
    Sep 3, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. i think eerybody who played the game had mixed feelings at the start of the game , the type of feeling that you feel that the game isnt too good but you keep playing because it is pokemon , but tbh this is the third best pokemon game of the switch i 'll explain why.

    1. the capture mechanic , similar to pokemon go but the difference is that you actually "throw " the pokeball to capture instead of swiping with your finger , you may think that doesn't make huge difference but i can guarantee you it does , it is way more interactive and way funnier , the only down on the catch mechanic is in the handle mode of the switch , i think they should've use the touch of the screen to capture in handle mode.

    2. the supposed "lack of battles" i think every person who is into the world of pokemon games , already heard some fan saying that some specific game has a lot or a less in terms of trainer battles , and in this game i think it has the perfect ammount , since the new catching mechanic is the best way to get xp , the pokemon battles only serve for money and pokeballs .

    3. pokemons spawns , tbh the pokemon spawns in this game are really horrible , i have 40 hours of the game and i captured a lot of pokemons , specially pokemons that i saw that i didnt had in the dex because they give you more xp and i never saw and oddish , shelder , only saw two pikachus , and you may say that they spawn in specific routes as we all know but every EVERY grass has only ratatas and pidgey , you have to wait sometimes more than 10 minutes to spawn something different , not to mention the fact that some good pokemons only spawn in the end routes like poliwhirl , poliwhirl literally spawns in the games to the victory road , magma only spawns in the 7th gym location aswell weezing and koffing that makes impossible to make a team that you have in mind because they spawn way to late in the game which causes the pokemon to have like 10-20 levels below yours , "but you can use pokemon go to transfer" it ain't worth it , a pokemon with 2100 cp in pokemon go will give you level 25 in the game plus you only unlock the go park in fuschia city which by that time you already have your pokemons level 35+ .

    4. the pokemon moves , if you want to have pokemon moves you need or to spend all of your money in tms instead of pokeballs which causes less xp , or wait until the victory road that is when you can get all the tms , "but why tms " because of the fact that the pokemons DON'T learn moves , i only learned one move on ninetales by leveling up , only 1 on golem , NONE in kingler and only the first moves in eevee , you end up with the moves that the guy on the pokecenter gave you for eevee .

    the game is funny after you understand how to use the catch mechanic , story gameplay etc nothing about it its a pokemon yellow remake but it is a MAXIMUM 7.    … Expand
  4. Resoul
    Aug 22, 2023
    5
    1 Removing wild battles really sucks, they somewhat make up for it by adding a lot more trainer battles but trainer battles get really annoying when you're just trying to pass through a route at least with wild battles you can run away.

    2 Catching is pretty annoying and i hate that if a pokemon runs away it brakes your catch combo also reloading your game brakes them as well which    1 Removing wild battles really sucks, they somewhat make up for it by adding a lot more trainer battles but trainer battles get really annoying when you're just trying to pass through a route at least with wild battles you can run away.

    2 Catching is pretty annoying and i hate that if a pokemon runs away it brakes your catch combo also reloading your game brakes them as well which really sucks.

    3 XP gain is super slow, in other games it's not a big deal having slow XP gain but that's because you have wild battles which this game doesn't have which really really sucks also when a pokemon gains more then one level the text goes through ever level rather then just skipping the the level it ended up at.

    4 Over world pokemon are pretty annoying, with how tight some routes are they end up blocking your way a lot of the time they also lag the game in some places, this game also marked the beginning of the end for random grass encounters which really sucks as i much rather have random grass encounters over over world pokemon any day.    … Expand
  5. Cer2xrafa
    Aug 7, 2023
    7
    Una experiencia pokémon divertida y sencilla, el sistema de captura es muy divertido, pero parte de una base (pokémon rojo y azul) que no da para mucho más.
  6. Matthew2008
    Aug 5, 2023
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s Not the Worst but Also not the Best Pokemon game. I see were a lot of people are coming from. graphics are not the best ( at least for me ) and they got rid of batteling wild pokemon as well as leveling system is kinda bad, but some things are still fun would not recommend for a first pokemon game. Not the worst Gen 1 remake… Expand
  7. sathvik_
    Aug 1, 2023
    2
    I Quit after Cinnabar gym. These guys tried combing the normal pokemon way with freaking pokemon go, a game i already freaking hate. U cant even pay me to go back to this game and complete it
  8. Poccigoni
    May 25, 2023
    7
    Let's go, Eevee! is not a game that tries to reinvent the Pokémon series. It is what it is promoted as: another Kanto game. And in my opinion, it is the best game for someone who wants to start playing the franchise. It has an appealing art direction mixed with some cool new mechanics. Combine that with an appropiate difficulty for an entry game and a simple Pokédex and you've got theLet's go, Eevee! is not a game that tries to reinvent the Pokémon series. It is what it is promoted as: another Kanto game. And in my opinion, it is the best game for someone who wants to start playing the franchise. It has an appealing art direction mixed with some cool new mechanics. Combine that with an appropiate difficulty for an entry game and a simple Pokédex and you've got the ideal beginner game. That's why I give it a 7: it doesn't innovate in anything, but it works as it is planned to.… Expand
  9. AshuraZoro
    Feb 13, 2023
    9
    fun, bit I missed the random pokemons vs player part of the game...................
  10. Hochbichler
    Jan 24, 2023
    7
    Pokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! is the last seventh generation Pokemon game and the first Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch. It is a remake of the original Pokemon game, Pokemon Yellow. It was released in 2018. The original Pokemon Kanto games are almost sacrosanct to me. I do not want people to mess with it, change it or interfere with it any any way. The FireRed / LeafGreen remakes releasedPokemon: Let's Go, Eevee! is the last seventh generation Pokemon game and the first Pokemon game for the Nintendo Switch. It is a remake of the original Pokemon game, Pokemon Yellow. It was released in 2018. The original Pokemon Kanto games are almost sacrosanct to me. I do not want people to mess with it, change it or interfere with it any any way. The FireRed / LeafGreen remakes released almost twenty years ago for the Gameboy Advance were absolutely fantastic, I regard them as possibly the best Pokemon games in history. This time the developers got carried away a little bit. But lets start with the positives. The graphics. The new Nintendo Switch graphics look really amazing, for me probably the greatest technological step between two systems in the history of Pokemon games. The graphics of this game is also done very well, it sticks to the original shapes and colors that we all know and love. The Pokemon textures and animations are done to a lot of details and are really pretty. The music is also great, atmospheric and nostalgic. The story is kept mostly intact, with some changes (your rival, Team Rocket). But big changes come to the gameplay. The fact that the Pokemon are just running around in the Routes is actually not a bad idea, it brings a lot of life, it takes some RNG of the game. I would prefer the original system, but I can live with it. The system of catching Pokemon, which is a modified version of the Pokemon Go system is just plain wrong, I do not know what more can I say, It just does not work for me in this type of game at all. On top of that, Battling trainers no longer gives you that much Exp, so you will have to rely on catching Pokemon to level up. Other changes has been done to the way Pokemon are stored, there is no longer a PC for you to use in every Poke Center. Instead you can access your stored Pokemon at any point outside of a Pokemon battle. That is quite a big nerf, especially in the Pokemon League, where you can tailor your party for every member of the Elite Four. Also not a very good idea. And finally we have your Poke Partner, Eevee (or Pikachu in Let's Go: Pikachu!). I believe this has a lot of potential, there could be some mechanics that would make you take care of your Partner Pokemon and grow the bond between you. But in the end there is not much for your Eevee to do, except ride on your hat and waggle its tail when you are near a hidden item. Also you cannot evolve it, so for it to stay effective in combat, they just created 9 new ridiculously overpowered moves and you get them for free, just like that, quite early on in the game. That is just incompetence. Minor Microtransaction (Pokeball plus) and luckily No SJW. Thank you for that at least. I played on PC using the Yuzu emulator.

    I was really looking forward to going through all these well known routes and towns after all these years, but it just somehow does not feel the same. Because it is not the same, I suspect. Next time, please make it the same as it used to be. Final Verdict: 72 %    … Expand
  11. liorrubin1388
    Dec 12, 2022
    7
    This game is great but the lack of pro controller support and badly tracking of joycons, makes controlling the game and catching pokemons feeling very bad, if that huge problem were to be fixed one day, the game would have been a 10/10, since the controls destroy the experience, I give it a 7
  12. Luky1996
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    Un gioco gradevole ma che taglia tanti contenuti rispetto al precedente remake rosso fuoco, sistema di combattimento con selvatici da rivedere totalmente. La semplificazione delle lotte rimuovendo le abilità è un peccato.
  13. NeffVEVO
    Nov 20, 2022
    8
    The first pokemon game I have ever played, and honestly, I have enjoyed it a lot. It has a been a fun new experience for me. Good gameplay, cute graphics, pretty cool story.
  14. neko555
    Oct 8, 2022
    3
    Una gran decepción, cuya base es simplemente la nostalgia.
    El juego es sólo "presiona A para ganar", con el ya gran conocido (y odiado por muchos) repartir experiencia OBLIGATORIO.
    Pero lo peor es que la poca dificultad que puedes encontrar en el juego es a base de mecánicas y ventajas/desventajas injustas para el jugador. Un par de ejemplos: - Uso 6 veces doble equipo (máxima evasión    Una gran decepción, cuya base es simplemente la nostalgia.
    El juego es sólo "presiona A para ganar", con el ya gran conocido (y odiado por muchos) repartir experiencia OBLIGATORIO.
    Pero lo peor es que la poca dificultad que puedes encontrar en el juego es a base de mecánicas y ventajas/desventajas injustas para el jugador. Un par de ejemplos: - Uso 6 veces doble equipo (máxima evasión posible), el rival me golpea en 5 de los siguientes 7 ataques. Nuevo combate, el rival utiliza una única vez reducción (aumenta 1/6 su evasión), aún utilizando ataques con precisión 100 fallo 7 ataques, acierto en el número 8.
    -Hago hasta 3 lanzamientos dobles, excelentes, en un Pokémon con el círculo verde, sin éxito. Finalmente huye, pero lo hace en mitad de un lanzamiento y posterior a haber usado una baya. Si el objetivo de esto no es cabrear al jugador no se cuál puede ser.
    No es la primera vez que veo juegos cuya dificultad está basada en ser injusto con el jugador. No se en qué universo alguien pueda pensar que esto puede ser divertido.
    Pero probablemente la gran mala decisión es la ausencia de combates aleatorios. Si lo que pretendían era innovar, copiar el sistema de captura de Pokemon go no creo que fuese buena idea, mucho menos llevado a cabo de esta manera . No está para nada pulido. En muchas ocasiones, demasiadas, la ball sale disparada en direcciones que nada tienen que ver. Se dan incluso situaciones en que tiros dobles van en direcciones opuestas, sale primero una ball y luego otra o que salga una y otra no, teniendo en cuenta que los dos joycons están enganchados al soporte esto es poco menos que ridículo (probado con 4 joycon, todos originales, un par con menos de 1 mes de uso).
    El juego tiene alguna cosa buena, a mi parecer principalmente haber respetado algunos aspectos de la primera generación en vez de utilizar las nuevas mecánicas. Pero todo queda bastante ensombrecido por cosas como las descritas.
    Solo he jugado y completado por salirme gratis. De haber tenido que pagar jamás lo habría jugado.    … Expand
  15. zpa7rick
    Sep 22, 2022
    8
    es el juego de pokemon que más me ha gustado de Nintendo switch, aunque haya sido un refrito lo terminé disfrutando de todas formas, hubiera mejorado si no quitaban las islas y que opcionalmente se pudiera combatir contra los Pokémon salvajes
  16. supdude80
    Jul 26, 2022
    5
    waste of time and money, I regret buying this but it definitely could've been worse, as I did actually end up enjoying parts of the game
  17. DolphinReviews
    Jul 20, 2022
    5
    This game scream mediocrity. Looking back you can real tell this was the last straw for the acceptance of stale Pokémon games, SWSH was just the tipping point. The new catching mechanic is different which is nice and the graphics are "good enough."
  18. Lil_Caucasian
    Jul 3, 2022
    6
    This is probably the worst way to play the original Generation 1 games today. As cool as it is that they're on the Switch now, The minor enhancements really don't warrant it.
  19. Nintendist
    Jul 2, 2022
    10
    this game is so good i love til the end. i love all the soundtracks and characters
  20. AShinyG1ratina
    Jun 21, 2022
    6
    This got hella review-bombed but yeah the game is kinda cool. Wish they did more with it tbh.
  21. Ardho
    Jun 17, 2022
    8
    it feels very repetitive, not polished, the only thing i like is all pokemon season 1, very nostalgic
  22. Herbalmouse1305
    May 29, 2022
    8
    Great pokemon game to introduce new fans to.
    looks REALLY nice, (better than sw/sh) and its gameplay is a striped down pokemon gameplay. so good
    though sw/sh arent good games to be eased in to. pla is tho
  23. Zetav
    Apr 6, 2022
    10
    My favorite pokemon game, i love that it lets you use the pokemon you caught in so many different ways to interact with your environment, it feels very natural in the ways you can catch a pokemon take it out of it's PokeBall and ride it or fly on it. It is such a great feature that it has made this game my favorite. The game is very short and the battles with experts are boring but overallMy favorite pokemon game, i love that it lets you use the pokemon you caught in so many different ways to interact with your environment, it feels very natural in the ways you can catch a pokemon take it out of it's PokeBall and ride it or fly on it. It is such a great feature that it has made this game my favorite. The game is very short and the battles with experts are boring but overall it's enjoyable pretty and fresh.… Expand
  24. Ventu
    Mar 27, 2022
    9
    Pokemon: Let's Go Eevee me ha gustado mucho más de lo esperado. Un remake de los clásicos Rojo, Azul y Amarillo precioso, con gráficos y animaciones muy buenas y 3D. Es un viaje lleno de nostalgia, con una historia y unos Pokemon que me marcaron cuando era muy pequeño. Cambia el sistema de captura, dándole el enfoque de Pokemon Go, que puede no convencer a todo el mundo. Es importantePokemon: Let's Go Eevee me ha gustado mucho más de lo esperado. Un remake de los clásicos Rojo, Azul y Amarillo precioso, con gráficos y animaciones muy buenas y 3D. Es un viaje lleno de nostalgia, con una historia y unos Pokemon que me marcaron cuando era muy pequeño. Cambia el sistema de captura, dándole el enfoque de Pokemon Go, que puede no convencer a todo el mundo. Es importante destacar que este juego se basa mucho en la nostalgia de la primera generación. Si eres fan de esta, seguramente te guste mucho. Si no, puede quedarse corto con respecto al resto de juegos de la franquicia, con un toque mucho más infantil.… Expand
  25. LauritsAM
    Feb 21, 2022
    4
    The game is a nice complement to the other games that have implemented some good qualities, as the game is a remake of a kanto game, it seems a bit dated and fussing that we can not get anything else and the love always goes to their first child, in my play it got bad and slow when you got further in the story and it ended with I stopped all day it did not give me anything to play it
  26. fanmadeendings
    Feb 15, 2022
    8
    Very casual games, but with pokemon, that's not a problem for me at all. The graphics are kinda nice, the music is outstanding and they absolutely nailed ride and following pokemon (and then forgot how to do it in SwSh and BDSP), wich shouldn't mean so much to me, but it does. It also really nicely remixes the original encounter tables and introduces overworld pokemon to the series!
  27. GenkiYokota
    Feb 1, 2022
    10
    One of the best that Game Freak made, super infantilized and easy, but cute and funny
    A acceptable debut of the awesome main saga for a new console.
  28. Federx
    Jan 30, 2022
    2
    very mediocre, would suggest against pirating, get pla instead, at least it feels more complete
  29. PokeReviewer
    Jan 29, 2022
    10
    A wonderful Pokemon experience. Nostalgia and Novelty perfectly mixed together.
  30. JJWMK2
    Dec 23, 2021
    10
    this is the most favorite/lovable Pokemon remake ever because of Eevee (Cuteness Overload) :3
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 78 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 62 out of 78
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 78
  3. Negative: 1 out of 78
  1. GameGrin
    Aug 27, 2019
    75
    Overall, I did have a blast playing Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee. I did like visiting all the cities of the original Pokémon games again and seeing all the original Pokémon. However, I really did not like how they changed how you capture Pokémon and I did not like the setup of the Pokémon boxes. For those who want to play this game for nostalgia reasons, I would recommend waiting until a sale comes out before purchasing. For newcomers to Pokémon, this is a really good introduction into the world of Kanto.
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  2. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Feb 26, 2019
    85
    If you've got a kid in your life who's never played Pokémon before? Buy this game immediately. [Issue #37 – January/February 2019, p. 67]
  3. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Feb 8, 2019
    78
    It’s hard to make sense of the game that’s basically a Switch port of iOS/Android remake of Pokemon Red/Green. Is it a step forward, step backward – or maybe just a shameless cash-in? Turns out, it’s a great remake – the world looks exactly as we imagined it back when we were staring at black and white pixels of original Red/Green. [Issue#235, p.44]
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