Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!

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  1. TreasureOrTrash
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    Trash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  2. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    There's nothing to it. Pokémon is just a shell of its former self.
  3. Marioipod13
    Aug 23, 2023
    3
    Absolutely overpriced and sold in several parts. It's also lacking numerous features from previous games, the PokeBall Plus being the only way to get Mew is just a giant cash grab.

    In short, play FireRed/LeafGreen instead, they have 200+ more Pokemon to collect, more content, and can actually interact with other Pokemon games to get even more content and gameplay.
  4. LegoLover
    May 28, 2023
    3
    I'm a fan of Pokemon and I've played a lot of Pokemon games, but this game fell far short of what I expected and I regret buying this game for graphics and gameability.
  5. 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.
  6. worstgamepokemo
    Oct 2, 2022
    0
    worst pokemon game ever. i see that they tried to integrate pokemon go and console games. but you have to spent hundreds of pokeballs to catch YOUR OWN pokemon that you transferred from pokemon go. also, no post game content available. i thought that "yes, i beat elite four now i can sail to sevii islands" but guess what? there are no islands! this is literally the worst pokemon game ever.
  7. Toasttt
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    bad . .
  8. Federx
    Nov 19, 2018
    2
    easily the worst in the series, the amount of removed features is incredible, even as a bare bones remake of yellow it's subpar at best
  9. martinho_99
    Feb 7, 2021
    4
    Okay but still a disappointment! You can't fight wild pokemon. All your team pokemon level up even without fighting. The enemies are super super weak. The catching system ist really annoying because the switch pro controller is not supported and the small controllers are very bad everyone knows. Why does Nintendo still refuse to give us different difficulty levels? Do they want their gamesOkay but still a disappointment! You can't fight wild pokemon. All your team pokemon level up even without fighting. The enemies are super super weak. The catching system ist really annoying because the switch pro controller is not supported and the small controllers are very bad everyone knows. Why does Nintendo still refuse to give us different difficulty levels? Do they want their games only to be played by little children? But still far better than Sword/Shield.… Expand
  10. PokemonTrainer2
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    I wish I could get more Pokemon. FireRed & LeafGreen has 386 species, but this game is not. It has only 153 species.
  11. zhekon03
    Aug 17, 2021
    1
    Игра конченная ! Русского нет, покемонов почти нет, сюжета нет, система не посмотрели на меня значит не сразились. дерьмо, если я прохожу мимо то прохожу мимо, игра типа рассчитано на детей от 6, но ребенок не всегда учит инглиш с 6 лет, я вообще не говорю уже про полную систему типов покемонов, стихий покемонов и т.д. дебилизм, хорошо что я смотрел сериал, а то так бы и не разобрался, иИгра конченная ! Русского нет, покемонов почти нет, сюжета нет, система не посмотрели на меня значит не сразились. дерьмо, если я прохожу мимо то прохожу мимо, игра типа рассчитано на детей от 6, но ребенок не всегда учит инглиш с 6 лет, я вообще не говорю уже про полную систему типов покемонов, стихий покемонов и т.д. дебилизм, хорошо что я смотрел сериал, а то так бы и не разобрался, и даааааааааааааа, выходит следующая игра покемон в 2022 и да там снова будет хуйпойми какой открытый мир, не перевели на русский, кто-нибудь кто это читает, пожалуйста устройтесь в корпорацию Nintendo, и помогите перевести игру прошу, спасибо, ну а так игра в полне дерьмо, да !… Expand
  12. Sleepyycatt
    Aug 7, 2021
    0
    This game is a terrible, lazy, disgusting excuse for a Pokémon game. Don’t buy this trash.
  13. EasyGamerBoi
    Jun 10, 2021
    4
    I’ll be honest, this is probably the least fun I’ve ever had playing a Pokémon game. It’s down there with the Ultra games. Why GameFreak continues to be an “indie studio” shoveling out worse & worse triple A games every year baffles me. To start with the positives I had about this game, the visuals are admittedly nice, especially compared to the game we got a year later. It also adds toI’ll be honest, this is probably the least fun I’ve ever had playing a Pokémon game. It’s down there with the Ultra games. Why GameFreak continues to be an “indie studio” shoveling out worse & worse triple A games every year baffles me. To start with the positives I had about this game, the visuals are admittedly nice, especially compared to the game we got a year later. It also adds to the “cuteness factor” this game has with Pikachu & Eevee. Am I sick of seeing them plastered on every piece of marketing involving Pokémon? Yes. They’re still adorable in game though. I also like how they brought back Pokémon following you & how shiny Pokémon actually appear shiny in the over world, why they didn’t bring that shiny feature back in SwSh (aside from the DLC you’d have to pay $30 for just to have Pokémon follow you, wild Pokémon still won’t appear shiny tho lol stupid af) is yet another bafflingly stupid design choice that they can add to their shamefully long list of stupid design choices. That’s where the positives end & I have to get angry with TPC yet again. Why.. WHY are you remaking Kanto AGAIN?! Who is asking for this trash?! Kanto is the most boring & generic region out of all the Pokémon games I literally cannot name a si how memorable location that wasn’t done better in another Gen. Even most of the Pokémon in this Gen are either ugly or dumb, aside from a handful of good ones. How this boring ass generation continually gets preferential treatment over half a dozen other BETTER gens is beyond me. Nostalgia sells & GameFreak is gonna milk it until I’m dead clearly. They’ve been out of ideas for a while now but this game really put the nail in their creative coffin imo. These games just shouldn’t exist. The extra time and resources that went to these games should have gone towards Sword & Shield, maybe they wouldn’t have turned out the way they did if things went that way. At this point I’m so sick and tired of seeing the same 151 Pokémon and same tired ass region that I will never touch this game again, or any like it. Stop the Gen 1 pandering & start taking some goddamn risks again for the love of Arceus. This ain’t it. Save yourself the time and money & go play FireRed or LeafGreen instead. Or move onto better franchises.… Expand
  14. Poopoobutter
    Jan 1, 2021
    3
    Why would they change the random pokemon battles into a lame catching mini game? That decision was terrible.
  15. LSS777
    Nov 27, 2020
    3
    Terribly boring, maybe kids will like it. The function with knocking out Pokémon is interesting, but this is the first 15 minutes.
  16. BowLL
    Nov 22, 2020
    1
    i'm SERIOUSLY disappointed in the game, it was never the feeling that i had, ready to play a paid pokemon game for the first time, only to find that it was not really with the other games, it's definitely overpriced with a lot of randomness and overly limited mechanics compared to the other games, even seeing the trailer for pokemon sword & shield looked better than this crap that i played.
  17. x_superepico
    Jul 31, 2020
    0
    why make a good game when we can sell a 20y old game that everybody has played and could easily and free emulate in a computer! but first will should make it casual, change the capture system, and overpower pikachu or eevee, because casuals like this cute things!

    all the development seems to go to the graphics, what is unnecessary, see minecraft. fire red for GAME BOY ADVANCE 15y old,    why make a good game when we can sell a 20y old game that everybody has played and could easily and free emulate in a computer! but first will should make it casual, change the capture system, and overpower pikachu or eevee, because casuals like this cute things!

    all the development seems to go to the graphics, what is unnecessary, see minecraft.
    fire red for GAME BOY ADVANCE 15y old, have more content that this, what also you can get free.
    i'm sorry, but one of my favourite sagas is gonna die soon.    … Expand
  18. SuperMarioMario
    Jul 22, 2020
    3
    Nice, but so boring. I literally fell asleep several times. Plus, the music gets annoying over time because you always catch Pokémon to get XP. Also Go Park was a bad idea. Any desire to catch new Pokémon is taken away from you, because instead you can simply transfer them from Pokémon Go. Let me smash wild pokemons.
  19. Revoltado
    Jul 20, 2020
    4
    O jogo inicialmente parece tão bacana mas se transforma rapidamente num oceano de mesmice e tédio...
    Pontos Negativos:
    - extremamente fácil, chega a incomodar - os pokemon ainda emitem ruídos (vozes) estranhos de GBA remixado; - a captura inovadora e chega ser empolgante no início, mas com o tempo fica tediosa ao extremo; - não existe Breeding; - o grind de candys/captura é    O jogo inicialmente parece tão bacana mas se transforma rapidamente num oceano de mesmice e tédio...
    Pontos Negativos:
    - extremamente fácil, chega a incomodar
    - os pokemon ainda emitem ruídos (vozes) estranhos de GBA remixado;
    - a captura inovadora e chega ser empolgante no início, mas com o tempo fica tediosa ao extremo;
    - não existe Breeding;
    - o grind de candys/captura é extremamente, horrivelmente, pateticamente, longo, cansativo, enjoativo...
    - poucos pokemon
    - mapa curto
    - os pokemon tem natureza, mas não podem carregar itens

    Positivos:
    + Trilha sonora
    + gráficos ok...
    + visualizar o pokemon selvagem foi uma ótima adição, a melhor desse terrível e vazio jogo    … Expand
  20. GreenDude1
    Jan 17, 2020
    2
    This is easily the worst pokémon game I've ever played. I despise it with all my might. It removed everything that made pokémon good, yet for some reason, mega evolution is still a thing, when all it does is boost your stats. Oh yeah, abilities are also gone, which makes the competitive extremely weak. The new rival is probably one of the worst in the series, being a generic friendly rivalThis is easily the worst pokémon game I've ever played. I despise it with all my might. It removed everything that made pokémon good, yet for some reason, mega evolution is still a thing, when all it does is boost your stats. Oh yeah, abilities are also gone, which makes the competitive extremely weak. The new rival is probably one of the worst in the series, being a generic friendly rival that has no conflicts to make him interesting or endearing. The gameplay is so easy that it makes X & Y look like Dark Souls. Also, your starter, while the partner Pikachu and Eevee were pretty interesting concepts, and the idea of them having unique movesets of different elemental attacks is pretty good...on paper. Instead of just one at a time, they straight up made it so you can have your entire moveset just OP moves. Before you say "oh but Pikachu and Eevee are weak" well not in this game, especially with the game's mechanics. The partner variants have higher stats, so giving them one at a time would've been enough. I get that this game is catering to Pokémon Go players, but even with that excuse, it's poorly executed. And to top it all off, this game has nothing new. You can criticize X & Y all you want, but at least there it had something new and interesting to it. What does this game have going for? Melmetal. That's it! There's no reason for it's existence except a cheap cash grab that makes me feel disgusted. It gets worse every time I see it, and I hope to god they don't make another game like it. But if they do, actually make it good.… Expand
  21. obi12323
    Jun 25, 2020
    3
    This game is the lowest value you will receive for a full price Nintendo Switch game. The story is the exact same as the original, which isn't a bad thing, yet it adds absolutely nothing new. The game is pretty short, and the postgame offers nothing interesting. No one considers going around Kanto and fighting each type of Pokemon 1v1 to be interesting.

    The main rival is easily the    This game is the lowest value you will receive for a full price Nintendo Switch game. The story is the exact same as the original, which isn't a bad thing, yet it adds absolutely nothing new. The game is pretty short, and the postgame offers nothing interesting. No one considers going around Kanto and fighting each type of Pokemon 1v1 to be interesting.

    The main rival is easily the worst character in the entire Pokemon series. Whereas Blue was cocky and made you want to be better than him, the main rival in this game is the most bland and uninteresting character. Some positives would be the music, graphics, and the fact that Pokemon actually follow the player.

    For a full price game, Pokemon Let's Go offers a very little amount of content, which itself is low quality. There are far better experiences gamers can have paying for a full price game on the Switch, such as the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series.    … Expand
  22. greninjaX
    Jun 21, 2020
    0
    when you look at it in hindsight, this game was the beginning of pokemon's downfall. many of sword and shield's problems started here
  23. MakeishaKAxxx
    May 4, 2020
    4
    Overall, I think the graphics are good but it has quite a repetitive gameplay.
  24. SurgeOfDurge
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Way too old in terms of effective playability for the player to enjoy. Button mashing in order to get past walls of texts like any other Japanese game. Limited gameplay. Simplicity. Lack of options in settings. Bad co-op. Half-assed customization. Repetitive.
  25. Janek1907
    Dec 25, 2019
    4
    Makes fun, but not for long. A story doesn’t really exist and there are only the first 151 Pokemon. For nostalgic players, good game, but for players like me (I started with gen.3) really nothing special. No online content, easy to play. You can catch the three legendary bird Pokemon before you are champion! But the game has one thing I really like: The Pokemon aren’t random in grass, youMakes fun, but not for long. A story doesn’t really exist and there are only the first 151 Pokemon. For nostalgic players, good game, but for players like me (I started with gen.3) really nothing special. No online content, easy to play. You can catch the three legendary bird Pokemon before you are champion! But the game has one thing I really like: The Pokemon aren’t random in grass, you can see them. But this is sadly the only good thing in the game. Makes fun, but I wouldn’t play it a second time… Expand
  26. mileafly
    Dec 19, 2019
    0
    This is my first Pokemon game and I hate it. I have always wanted to check out the Pokemon series to see what all the fuss is about but I can't bear to play this anymore. I have not played such an easy, completely challange free and brainless game in a long time. The "difficulty level" in this game is simply the most pathetic I have ever seen. This seriously fels like it was made for 5This is my first Pokemon game and I hate it. I have always wanted to check out the Pokemon series to see what all the fuss is about but I can't bear to play this anymore. I have not played such an easy, completely challange free and brainless game in a long time. The "difficulty level" in this game is simply the most pathetic I have ever seen. This seriously fels like it was made for 5 year olds or younger? Also it is super annoying to have to throw my controller at the screen to catch Pokemons, just stop with those things please. I have read some other comments that say the older games are better and more hardcore though so I might check some of them out instead, but this has seriously left a bad taste in my mouth for the whole "Pokemon thing" so I don't know if I even want to do that.… Expand
  27. Hoose
    Nov 20, 2019
    2
    2/10 too much Kanto pandering , its like the 5th **** time we go back here, I dont think this game is made for toddlers , but more for genwunners manchildren.
    Also Mew stuck behind a 50 bucks poke ball ? Yeah this game is legitimate cash grab , doesn't worth 60 $.
    well at GF acknowledge Green now.
  28. MazdoTechno
    Nov 19, 2019
    2
    This game is horrible, it really is
    If you want to play Kanto so badly just play the extremely superior Fire Red/Leaf Green or even the original games
    Incredibly easy
    Incredibly boring
    Just taking Gen one and sucking anything good or interesting from it was not a good idea
  29. Erisxc
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Kkkkkkkwk no es el que te lo digas por el momento de tu viaje a la ciudad y el mundo que
  30. Gallego
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Un juego excesivamente fácil, con todas las mecánicas menos las capturas simplificadas y muy infantilizado. Justo lo contrario que necesita esta saga. Perfecto para casuals y niños entre 2 y 4 años, terrible para veteranos que llevamos años apoyando la saga. Tema de monturas y que los pokémon aparezcan sueltos por el mundo es una increíble adición, pero no compensa todos los puntos flojosUn juego excesivamente fácil, con todas las mecánicas menos las capturas simplificadas y muy infantilizado. Justo lo contrario que necesita esta saga. Perfecto para casuals y niños entre 2 y 4 años, terrible para veteranos que llevamos años apoyando la saga. Tema de monturas y que los pokémon aparezcan sueltos por el mundo es una increíble adición, pero no compensa todos los puntos flojos de este juego. Una gran decepción y un juego lamentable. Lo mejor es olvidarse que existe este juego y esperar al de 2019. Ademas añadir que solo hay 150 pokemon, muy corto en contenido.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 84 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 65 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 84
  3. Negative: 0 out of 84
  1. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    85
    A simple, nostalgic return to the Kanto region, offers little if you are a series veteran eager for complexity and challenge. But if that's not your main interest, Pokemon Let's Go has it all! It's a simple, cute and fun game that will keep you hooked for hours. An excellent starting point for newcomers, and a great nostalgia trip for those in a search for one.
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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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