Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!

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  1. cripii5
    Dec 16, 2018
    5
    Is a great remake of the old Pokemon 1st gen, but, they screw it all with one thing, the controller. Really GameFreak, what's wrong with you? Only motion controllers can be used, if you wasted 70 expensive dollars on the Pro Controller, it doesn't work with this game (in Super Mario Party neither). The joycons are not the best motion controllers ever made and in Pokemon Let's Go they'reIs a great remake of the old Pokemon 1st gen, but, they screw it all with one thing, the controller. Really GameFreak, what's wrong with you? Only motion controllers can be used, if you wasted 70 expensive dollars on the Pro Controller, it doesn't work with this game (in Super Mario Party neither). The joycons are not the best motion controllers ever made and in Pokemon Let's Go they're really frustrating. I'll explain. To level up in this game, battle trainers is not very effective. Encounters with wild pokemons doesn't turn in to a battle (if you didn't know it yet), is a throw a pokeball and good luck, just like the mobile game, Pokemon Go. Here is the problem, most of the Pokemons moves like crazy all over the screen, and with awful motion controllers like the joycons, is way too hard to throw the pokeball to a side of the screen (and when you want to throw it to the center of the screen, the pokeball goes to one side, it doesn't make any sense). And that's it, you NEED to master the Pokemon catch if you want to play this well, and that is very very very frustating. Of course, you can play it in portable mode and throw in pokeballs is not that hard, but I want to play Pokemon in my big TV for the first time. Great remake, bad decision to make motion controller mandatory. They screw it the entire game with that.… Expand
  2. Alex-Rainx
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    Such a simple game at 30fps? Wft Game Freak? Where is the optimization? It cost you so much?And The Pro controller is not compatible with this game, because? And only 1 JoyCon works if you play in TV mode. If you play in portable mode joyCon vibrate none, you have to separate them from the console to vibrate. I do not understand you Game Freak company because you do not take care of theseSuch a simple game at 30fps? Wft Game Freak? Where is the optimization? It cost you so much?And The Pro controller is not compatible with this game, because? And only 1 JoyCon works if you play in TV mode. If you play in portable mode joyCon vibrate none, you have to separate them from the console to vibrate. I do not understand you Game Freak company because you do not take care of these things, it seems unforgivable so many failures in a game that you have not taken care of the details. Bad bad, very bad ....... too many things wrong.
    -------->>> PD: Please Game Freak Company, put the vibration in portable mode, optimize the game better and activate the Pro controller, listen to your fans who love you.    … Expand
  3. Xirsa
    Dec 11, 2018
    5
    As a reboot of the original Pokemon Yellow, this game does a perfectly passable job. I got exactly what I was expecting with a few changes here and there. The main story, collecting the badges, and facing the elite four are all typical of what I would expect of a Pokemon game, and I don't really have any complaints apart from the atrocious throwing mechanic which pretty much forces you toAs a reboot of the original Pokemon Yellow, this game does a perfectly passable job. I got exactly what I was expecting with a few changes here and there. The main story, collecting the badges, and facing the elite four are all typical of what I would expect of a Pokemon game, and I don't really have any complaints apart from the atrocious throwing mechanic which pretty much forces you to play hand-held if you want to be able to catch anything. If that were the only issue, this game would have a higher score from me, but, sadly, there is a GLARING problem that comes in post-game.

    In all other main-name Pokemon games before this one, you have the option to fight wild pokemon in order to grind experience. This game is missing that. It might not seem that big of a deal until you get to the post-game content where EVERYTHING from Mewtwo to the Master Trainers are significantly higher level than the elite four you just defeated. Normally, that would be fine, fun even because it's an extra challenge, but not when they have effectively removed the main source of grinding levels: battling wild pokemon. Now, you are forced to chain-catch the same pokemon over and over again in order to gain experience, which also doesn't seem like a big deal, until you factor in seveal things:

    1.) You have no control over which Pokemon shows up. So you could be trying to chain-catch one particular pokemon, but it might go from appearing every few seconds to never appearing at all.

    2.) If the Pokemon DOES appear and it's not either Huge or Tiny, it gives very little experience when you catch it.

    3.) If you don't catch the pokemon with the VERY first throw of your Pokeball, the experience you get from catching it is lowered significantly. That means, if it breaks out of the ball even once, you lose experience. And you can only get decent experience post-game by catching VERY high level pokemon, which means your chances of catching ANY of them on the first ball is slim.

    4.) If you don't get either a "Great" or an "Excellent" throw, the experience you get from catching it is lowered significantly.

    5.) If you get a chain going, and the pokemon you're trying to catch runs away before you can catch it, it breaks your chain and you have to start all over.

    In other words, they have turned the ONLY means of getting decent experience into a chore. The only other way to gain experience post-game is by re-battling gym leaders and challenging the elitor four again, but the experience you get from those things is negligible at best. Just to put it into perspective, I wanted to raise a Dratini post-game so that I could have a better chance of defeating Mewtwo. I challenged Brock's gym to see how much experience the Dratini would get from the battle. It was level 27, and by the end of Brock's fight, the Dratini had gone up a measly ONE level. So it would take literally months of challenging gym leaders every day to get the Dratini to the level I need it to fight Mewtwo.

    The game is okay if you only want to beat the main story, but they have effectively made end-game content a chore, not fun.    … Expand
  4. rulezfin
    Dec 2, 2018
    5
    This is a spinoff Pokemon game that is a quality remake of Pokemon Yellow. Pokemon Let's go is also a huge missed opportunity to bring the Pokemon franchise to younger generations.

    This game was built to cater for Pokemon Go fans, there it is too easy and lacks depth. It is a simple game (I don't view lack of difficulty as a sin thought) that is too short. While it adds so many quality    This is a spinoff Pokemon game that is a quality remake of Pokemon Yellow. Pokemon Let's go is also a huge missed opportunity to bring the Pokemon franchise to younger generations.

    This game was built to cater for Pokemon Go fans, there it is too easy and lacks depth. It is a simple game (I don't view lack of difficulty as a sin thought) that is too short. While it adds so many quality of life improvements such as the lack of grinding, in detracts heavily from the PvP complexity of other Pokemon games.

    This is also a huge missed opportunity because in this spinoff they should have retold HeartGold/Heartsilver story    … Expand
  5. Javichuck
    Feb 23, 2019
    5
    Remake del pokemon amarillo sale mal.

    La nostalgia te pega en la cara nada más comenzar, cuando entras en el laboratorio del prof. Oak y cuando ves a tus pokemon favoritos brincando por los caminos que conociste hace mucho. Pero cuando te topas con el primero viene la otra hostia en la cara, la mala. No hay combate contra pokemon salvajes salvo excepciones muy puntuales, los combates    Remake del pokemon amarillo sale mal.

    La nostalgia te pega en la cara nada más comenzar, cuando entras en el laboratorio del prof. Oak y cuando ves a tus pokemon favoritos brincando por los caminos que conociste hace mucho.

    Pero cuando te topas con el primero viene la otra hostia en la cara, la mala. No hay combate contra pokemon salvajes salvo excepciones muy puntuales, los combates clásicos se han sustituido por lanzar directamente la pokeball con un sistema porteado directamente del pokemon GO. Este sistema está recomendado para usar la pokeball plus (50€ + un Mew gratis) o un joy con, no se puede jugar al juego con mando pro o con el grip, pero curiosamente la precisión del joy con va regular.

    Una vez asumido el primer golpe (usamos el modo portátil apuntando con el giroscopio), llegamos a los primeros gimnasios y recuperamos la ilusión. Volvemos a tener combates, derrotamos a los enemigos y ganamos las primeras medallas, todo bien. Utilizamos nuestras skills de ninja para evitar los combates innecesarios y llegamos al siguiente gimnasio y nos violan sin miramientos. Toca ir a farmear y nos encontramos el siguiente problema, ya no podemos luchar con los pokemon para subir de nivel, solo podemos capturarlos.

    De esta manera se pierde todo vínculo posible con los pokemon ya que los estamos capturando y enviando al profesor de 10 en 10 a cambio de experiencia y caramelos. Además es algo muy recurrente ya que hay barreras de nivel importantes de gimnasio a gimnasio, si hacemos todos los combates no tendremos que farmear tanto pero aún así me parece un mal diseño.

    Una vez que ya tenemos para hacer un buen equipo con tipos variados y de niveles entre 40 y 50 el juego se vuelve más divertido explotando los aspectos estratégicos más interesantes.

    Remarcar la habitual exclusividad de pokemon según la versión elegida, que no por habitual debe ser libre de crítica y es que una persona por si misma no puede completar la pokedex si no intercambia pokemon con otros jugadores o con su cuenta de pokemon GO.

    En conclusión, es un mal remake que toma la estrategia equivocada para hacerlo más accesible. Busca ser más sencillo para nuevos jugadores y lo que consigue es ser más tedioso cambiando la habilidad y el conocimiento por la paciencia. Si a esto le añadimos los fallos técnicos, las exclusividades y el pagar por pokemons tenemos un mal juego que solamente la nostalgia consigue salvar.

    Gráficos 6, Historia 6, Jugabilidad 3.    … Expand
  6. Stonewallish
    Nov 20, 2018
    5
    Pokémon Lets go manages to constantly make one step forward in the right direction and three steps backwards in the wrong one. It’s infuriating to see something so long awaited and with so much potential, falling short on crucial gameplay standards set by previous, older entries in the series: you can now freely move your Pokémon from your team to your PC without having to visit a PokémonPokémon Lets go manages to constantly make one step forward in the right direction and three steps backwards in the wrong one. It’s infuriating to see something so long awaited and with so much potential, falling short on crucial gameplay standards set by previous, older entries in the series: you can now freely move your Pokémon from your team to your PC without having to visit a Pokémon Center, but you can’t look for a specific Pokémon to trade online (GTS has been completely removed). You can see Pokémon in the wild without having to engage in multiple random battles hoping to see the one you’re looking for, yet you cannot battle them -nor make eggs to breed your own (the egg breeding system has been removed). The experience sharing is surprisingly perfectly balanced, yet 90% of the battles with trainers end up being a “press A to win” fest, removing any kind of strategical thinking whatsoever present in previous titles, which is made worse by the fact that 95% of the trainers never have more than three Pokémon to use in battles and they are almost always repeated in set of three of the same species, making it even easier to win by spamming the same move without even having to think. On top of that, the day/night cycle is gone, along with weather changes and abilities. Pokémon can no longer even hold items and berries.

    The game has the best graphics ever seen by the series as a whole, and that’s pretty much the only thing it has going for it. It’s really pretty to look at, but reveals itself to be an extremely linear (much more so than previous games) experience from beginning to end, lacking a lot of the complex game mechanics we’ve come to know and learn throughout the years. On top of that, the game presents some truly idiotic game design choices which I find absolutely baffling in a 2018 title. Gone are all the quality of life changes we’ve come to love from Sun and Moon. Every single action requires you to navigate a menu and manually select whatever action you want to take: for example, if you choose to ride your Charizard, you’ll have to open the menu, select team, then make charizard follow you. This makes you go pretty fast, but also makes you unable to interact with anything on the ground or surmount certain obstacles. It would be great if you could just press a button to dismount charizard in a matter of 1 or two seconds, yet, you are required to open the menu again, select team and select another Pokémon to follow you, which makes Charizard go back into his pokeball and consequently enabling you to interact once again with the environment. A simple action that should take 2 seconds at best takes now 10 seconds because of idiotic and archaic game design, which again, after seeing all the improvements made from previous games, simply baffles me.

    Let’s go can be seen as perfect remake of Yellow, throwing 20 years of improvements in the trash and going back to lacking every single thing that Yellow also lacked. Don’t forget that Pokémon Yellow came out in the 90s, though, while Let’s Go came out in 2018. There simply exist no justification for all the things missing in this game. Will it hit your nostalgia hard? Sure, it will. Some of the moments you’ll be presented with will have a chance to make you tear up, depending on how much you loved and grew up with the original game. Once those moments are gone though, you’ll realize how shallow and hollow this game really is, making the original from the 90s seem at times more feature packed and thought out than this one.

    Let’s Go comes with a lot of shortcomings. Whether you’ll be able to get past them is up to you and your love of the series. OG fans like me will surely give it a try, but not doubt, they’ll end up being disappointed. Sad to say, but this is not a Pokémon game to be taken seriously, and it angers me that Kanto was chosen to be the protagonist of this half assed, lazy “remake”. I can only hope they will learn the lesson for the eventual Let’s Go Gold and Silver.

    5/10    … Expand
  7. Marklane
    Nov 16, 2018
    5
    Pokemon Let's Go is a divisive game, there is no doubt. Many new additions to the game design are excellent quality of life choices that will ultimately benefit future titles. However I cannot recommend this game as it's riddled with questionable controls and design choices, infuriating many veteran players of the series.

    While random battles were cumbersome to many, the outright    Pokemon Let's Go is a divisive game, there is no doubt. Many new additions to the game design are excellent quality of life choices that will ultimately benefit future titles. However I cannot recommend this game as it's riddled with questionable controls and design choices, infuriating many veteran players of the series.

    While random battles were cumbersome to many, the outright removal of them alltogether may appear very jarring to returning players, especially with the lack of an option to turn wild battles on or off. Controls are another confusing addition, requiring players to use one Joy Con controller when in Docked Mode without any alternative options. While this is made for the Go inspired capture mechanic, the feature is at best mixed, with numerous pokeballs wasted for little reason.

    For all the positives and negatives Let's Go provides, the highest I can give it is a 5/10. For some players, Let's Go will be very fun. Others will loathe the forced changes to the Pokemon formula. As a recommendation however, do not listen to those claiming these are perfect or the absolute worst games in the series. Let's Go is neither. These games are a moderately adequate return to Kanto, with changes to the traditional formula that will be a joy or pain depending on the individual player.    … Expand
  8. Riocaz
    Nov 19, 2018
    5
    Honestly I like the game. The graphics are a nice update... I do wish they had given all the Pokemon real "voices" instead of just a few (it's jarring when Pikachu or Eevee have an voice, but everything else just get random blast of noise that hasn't changed gameboy of the 90s)...
    However I can't get away from the fact that I HATE the Pokemon go style capture system. With an absolute passion.
  9. Pannopap
    Nov 20, 2018
    5
    Pokemon Let's Go is a fun game. It has many returning features that veterans of the series and newcomers will enjoy. HOWEVER, this is NOT a game worth $60. This is stated by the Pokemon company to be a main series title. Other titles in the main series are, Heart Gold/Soul Silver which offer 16 gym badges to collect across 2 regions, secret trainers such as Red to fight. Black/White 1 andPokemon Let's Go is a fun game. It has many returning features that veterans of the series and newcomers will enjoy. HOWEVER, this is NOT a game worth $60. This is stated by the Pokemon company to be a main series title. Other titles in the main series are, Heart Gold/Soul Silver which offer 16 gym badges to collect across 2 regions, secret trainers such as Red to fight. Black/White 1 and 2 which had the battle subway, musical hall, engaging stories, secret legendaries, and a tournament to fight dozens of series icons, along with triple and rotation battles. All of these games were $40 with tons of features. The you look at Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee. There is no depth to this game, it is repetitive, and while there are dozens of hours of gameplay it never truly changes up or gets more challenging. The game holds your hand the entire way through, it is extremely easy and honestly, there is very little reason to play it. The only reason to get this game is out of a lack of contest, there is no other traditional Pokemon game on the Switch. The game is going to sell well regardless due to the fact it is a Pokemon game and the Switch has such a high install base. Kids will enjoy this I'm sure, but if you want a Pokemon game with more depth, challenge, and replay-ability, tell Gamefreak by voting with your wallet by not buying this game. On the other hand, if you just enjoy the world of Pokemon and don't care about the mechanics of it and want a fun casual game you can relax and enjoy on your tv or on the go, then I would recommend this. All in all this game is not a disappointment, they advertised EXACTLY what it was from the get go. A casual game meant for casual gamers, newcomers to Pokemon, and young children or adults who grew up with Pokemon to play with their own kids. I can't fault this game for not being something it was never advertised as, a game with depth, compelling story, characters, and gameplay. HOWEVER, I can fault it for calling itself a main line Pokemon title priced above all those before it with not even a third of the content that those games had, yet is priced at 1/3 times the price. This game is a rip-off price-wise, I would not recommend paying this amount of money no matter the type of 'gamer'/fan you are. Wait for it to possibly go down in price, because in the end, you really aren't missing much.… Expand
  10. Averel
    Nov 27, 2018
    5
    To tell the truth i haven't played any pokemon game since sapphire and ruby , my brother did and informed me that is the same game with some new gimmicks to make interesting for a while. I bought in January a nintedo switch to play xenoblade 2 ( which in the end didn't enjoy so much) and i was waiting to some exclusive games to play . in the mean time i played some first party title and iTo tell the truth i haven't played any pokemon game since sapphire and ruby , my brother did and informed me that is the same game with some new gimmicks to make interesting for a while. I bought in January a nintedo switch to play xenoblade 2 ( which in the end didn't enjoy so much) and i was waiting to some exclusive games to play . in the mean time i played some first party title and i really enjoed super mario odessy . The last game i played was octopath traveler and dana of lacrimosa . I loved the first one and i enjoed the second one .But from the august i didn't have played anything on my switch and i really wanted to . So i wanted to buy something new and i checked to see my options and i saw that i have to choose from 30euro games with 2 to 12 hours content and 50 euros pokemon lets go which i thought will have more than 30 hours content and technical is an rpg game which i like . So i choose the pokemon .

    I just finished the game with 24 hours playtime and when i say i finished i mean got mewtwo and his mega forms. its the same game as the original 3 games with some new mechanics but it wasn't fun atleast for me it felt like chore more . And the post game i find really laze for my taste to bother .

    What i wanted to say is that for me the new pokemon doen;t worth the money tag but at the same time i can't find anything worth or exclusive to buy on the switch.    … Expand
  11. Shayneros
    Nov 27, 2018
    5
    A $20 price increase and nothing to show for it. Dumbed down gameplay (no more abilities, held items, or breeding) for a game that already wasn't hard, no graphical increase (at least nothing at all notable, it's just on a higher resolution screen now), and no end game just to name a few. It's enjoyable enough for the story gameplay but nothing outside that. This is the first Pokemon RPGA $20 price increase and nothing to show for it. Dumbed down gameplay (no more abilities, held items, or breeding) for a game that already wasn't hard, no graphical increase (at least nothing at all notable, it's just on a higher resolution screen now), and no end game just to name a few. It's enjoyable enough for the story gameplay but nothing outside that. This is the first Pokemon RPG we've had on a console since Gale of Darkness and my how disappointing this is after waiting 13 years. This should have stayed at $40 as it is just a dumbed down 3DS Pokemon game.… Expand
  12. megasone
    Dec 4, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Positives:
    Seeing Pokemon on the over world is cool but outside of the lets go style of games that focus on singular gens, i wouldn't expect to see in future titles.
    The motion controls when i used them worked decently.
    Some of the gyms get a makeover for the better, Blaine's gym in particular comes to mind.
    Access to the PC anywhere is cool i wouldn't say its a game changer though.

    Negatives:
    There is nothing new for long time fans.
    Catching the same Pokemon over and over again to grind for exp is pretty tedious and battles are not much better as the game really gives you no real reason to not use your partner Pikachu. The Go inspired catching mechanics are not great as it feels like there is really not much you can do to increase your odds of catching Pokemon. This feeling is at its worst when facing a legendary Pokemon and/or snorlax as the game forces you to tire them out with a battle which has a 5 minute time limit for some reason. if you win you get to attempt a capture. However the battling phase feels entirely pointless as the Pokemon does not seemed to be affected by the battle. Connection with Pokemon go is another not well thought out part as you have to recapture anything you transfer over, these are not instant or even easy catches in most cases, forcing you to waste resources. Also for whatever reason the Pokemon you transfer over can run away, there not gone forever in fact they're right where you encounter them. Which begs the question why can they run in the first place.

    The Worst:
    My biggest problem with the game comes in the form of Meltan. To get Meltan you have to transfer a pokemon from go to lets go (Which you cannot transfer back into go.) after doing this you get an item in go, using said item will spawn meltan for 30 minutes. after the 30 minutes you have to wait 7 days to reopen it which requires you to transfer more pokemon after the 7 day period. Then you can transfer meltan into lets go however there is no way to evolve Meltan in lets go. This is a problem because Meltan takes 400 candies to evolve in go and walking with Meltan takes 20km to get a single candy. I caught 10 Meltans on my first opening of the box which is 30 candies, so to get the optional dex entry for Melmetal you have to waste probably months catching Meltans and then do the one way transfer into lets go. .    … Expand
  13. Luggie
    Dec 24, 2018
    5
    Satoshi Tajiri's original vision of Pokemon was something never seen before it was done and Pokemon Gen 1 and 2 will always be the magnum opus of the franchise. Now nothing against Junichi Masuda, but he is totally disconnected to what Pokemon was about, I'm not trying to wear rose tinted nostalgia goggles when I say this but Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee are his take on Generation 1 and itSatoshi Tajiri's original vision of Pokemon was something never seen before it was done and Pokemon Gen 1 and 2 will always be the magnum opus of the franchise. Now nothing against Junichi Masuda, but he is totally disconnected to what Pokemon was about, I'm not trying to wear rose tinted nostalgia goggles when I say this but Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee are his take on Generation 1 and it shows that he doesn't even know anything that made Generation 1 such a great experience. They could of remedied this by implementing a wild battle system with the Pokemon Go catching system in place but it was either one or the other and with that all wild battles were axed. Pokemon Lets Go Pikachu and Eevee could of also benefited from the designers making it less streamlined than it already was, Pokemon Red and Blue aren't the most complicated games in the world and they are very linear RPG's, making them more streamlined is more insulting rather than making it look like the developers are holding your hand through the game. There was a lot right in Let's Go like the music re compositions and seeing wild Pokemon on the over world like just like how Pokemon Ranger had them, following Pokemon are back from Heart Gold and Soul Silver but with all of these nice compliments I can give it, it fails at being something everyone can enjoy which was Masuda's intention with this title as people who are into Pokemon are going to probably shrug this game off as a babies first Pokemon game, casuals are going to find the games difficulty insultingly easy deeming it boring, and the kids who were once our age when we played Pokemon Red and Blue are going to completely ignore Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee and play there Fortnite and Minecraft. If you can look past these issues I have brought up with Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee than you'll probably enjoy it more than I did or if your a beginner who wants to get into this series may I recommend you play a vastly superior title like Heart Gold and Soul Silver and then work your way to play the other games in this franchise.… Expand
  14. Arnae9
    Nov 14, 2019
    5
    This game is intended for for those new players who have discovered pokemon through the mainstream mobile game pokemon go, or for those who only played the old school gameboy games and are attracted to this game because of nostalgia. Because of this i won't go deeply in the competitive side of pokemon. I'm a competitive player myself, but this game exaggeratedly damages competitiveThis game is intended for for those new players who have discovered pokemon through the mainstream mobile game pokemon go, or for those who only played the old school gameboy games and are attracted to this game because of nostalgia. Because of this i won't go deeply in the competitive side of pokemon. I'm a competitive player myself, but this game exaggeratedly damages competitive battling with just the removal of abilities, items and moves in an unnecessary attempt to simplify the game. The game is a remake of Pokemon Yellow and takes us back again to Kanto. The graphics of the game are appealing and well done, thanks to the Switch system, the games can really shine much more than they could in the 3DS. However the same can't be said about the OST and some animations. The OST isn't really that bad it's just mediocre, the OST is mostly the same tracks the original gameboy games had but played with violins. Animations for 3D NPCs in the overworld have always been lazily performed and barely changed from the Sun&Moon games, in fact most animations are reused assets from the previous titles. Some move animations like thunderbolt have been updated and have new refreshing visuals but the rest of moves (95%) still have disappointing animations like they did in previus 3DS titles.
    The gameplay is fine and the story is barely changed from the original gen 1 games, even though the gen 1 games story sucked, the emphasis the let's go games puts in some moments makes it somewhat acceptable. When it comes to difficulty the game isn't that easy as it was expected to be, if you are not a new player, don't use overleveled pokemon and disable automatic switches in the game options, if you do this the game can be hard enough, even though the pokemon games have never been too hard actually, some pokemon have always been bad when it comes to moves, stats and typings, the candy mechanics can make your pokemon too powerful so the best thing to do is just to use them on pokemon that are weak like non-mega beedrill, or pokemon that you caught with bad IVs. There is one thing that is kind of a double edged sword, this is the following pokemon function. What could possibly be bad about this? Evryone likes to have following pokemon back, and you can finally mount on some of them! The bad thing is the automatic friendship gain with having pokemon outside of the pokeball. The Pokemon amie has been removed (kind of a stupid move, just to centralize eevee and pikachu playing mode), so how do you make pokemon that aren't pikachu/eevee adore you and automatically use insanely broken tactics in combat? With the following function. What that means is that if you don't want your pokemon to be overpowered because of friendship you are forced to not have following pokemon nor mounts(damaging the only source of fast movement). There are no field moves like cut in these game, just like the previous titles, even though these time is your pokemon who cuts/surfs/flies/etc it's done in a kind of stupid way but it's just fine. The game having some alola references, certain dialogues, and updates moves and types are the only references you'll find to other games, overall nothing too special like always. The Post-Game is non-existant besides the fact that they have something called master trainers who are just a bunch of boring battles to show how "good" you are with a certain pokemon. I must say that this is the first game where i have fully completed the pokedex, a popular post-game sugestion for pokemon players is to try to "catch'em all" which was something usually too hard and tedious. With the shortened pokedex and the faster catching system you can actually try to complete the pokedex (easier with someone who has the other version of the game).

    The main thing the game has changed from previous titles are wild pokemon catching, which isn't really bad. It's easy enough and simple enough to throw pokeballs and it is more realistic having pokemon on the overworld than suddenly finding a gigantic pokemon on some tall grass.Catching wild pokemon is overall easier but at the same time it's harder when it comes to ensure a catch. If you don't want to waste your masterball your only other option is to use an ultraball with a berry, an the pokemon can escape if you fail too many times which is kind of uhh... It doesn't really make the game harder, it makes the game luck-dependant which kinda sucks. When you are playing normally the catching system will be better for you, on serious cathes like shinies and legendaries, you may choke because of your depressing bad luck. There is no sleeping/false swipe and you can't even use all of your pokeballs since the pokemon will eventually flee. Also as there are no wild battles, you will have to level up you pokemon with wild pokemon catching. Which may fill your PC too much. In conclusion the pokemon go catching system has it's pros and cons.
    To summarize, the game is a step back and definately not worth 60$    … Expand
  15. MyOpinionOnThis
    Apr 16, 2019
    5
    It's an okay Pokémon game for kids and people new to the series and only played Pokémon Go.
    But the game gets very boring and repetitive after a while since all you do is catching wild Pokémon to level up your team and need to do so to progress. The battles are also super easy.
    The game is very hand-holding and feels like the tutorial never ends like as if everyone playing the game is    It's an okay Pokémon game for kids and people new to the series and only played Pokémon Go.
    But the game gets very boring and repetitive after a while since all you do is catching wild Pokémon to level up your team and need to do so to progress. The battles are also super easy.
    The game is very hand-holding and feels like the tutorial never ends like as if everyone playing the game is dumb or something.
    Like I said, it's okay for kids, but boring for other people I think.    … Expand
  16. Saint_Saito
    Sep 20, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Volvemos de nuevo a kanto pero esta vez en un juego muy recortado(solo los primeros 151 pokemon disponibles, estos sin habilidades ni naturalezas), con mecanicas un poco molestas sacadas del pokemon go(el metodo de captura por ej) y otras que me gustaron y que me gustaria que se siguieran aplicando(como la aparicion de los pokemon salvajes en las zonas de hierba alta). Aun con todo lo dicho es un juego muy disfrutable y entretenido… Expand
  17. JustThatOneGuy1
    Nov 30, 2019
    5
    The game itself is good, but it's carries tons of problems.

    Pros: -Graphics are Clean, the enviornments were very detailed compared to even newer Pokemon games. -The catching was fun (When it worked). -The ability to walk your Pokemon was a welcoming feature returning from Heartgold and Soulsilver. -It was fun catching all 152 mons in the game. -It's one of the more freeroaming    The game itself is good, but it's carries tons of problems.

    Pros:
    -Graphics are Clean, the enviornments were very detailed compared to even newer Pokemon games.
    -The catching was fun (When it worked).
    -The ability to walk your Pokemon was a welcoming feature returning from Heartgold and Soulsilver.
    -It was fun catching all 152 mons in the game.
    -It's one of the more freeroaming Pokemon games, you can catch most of the legendary Pokemon with only 3 badges.
    Cons:
    -Mew is locked behind a $50 paywall. I only got him due to Black Friday marking it down by $30, and even then the first Pokeball Plus I got didn't contain the Mew despite being new.
    -The game is appealing to a casual market in a series that is already casual as is. The game is too easy and holds your hand a lot, even blocking off gyms untils you got Pokemon with a certain advantage.
    -Post game is lacking. You pretty much level up your Pokemon inorder to battle the strongest trainer of that respective Pokemon.
    -The catching is not explained very well. The mons would jump around left to right, and the game doesn't tell you how to throw the ball inorder to reach them. The game's tracking is also poor, making it so your ball will sometime be thrown the EXACT opposite way you intended.

    The game is fun, but the problems it carries brings it down a lot. 6/10 game, knocking down a point for the Pokeball Plus thing.    … Expand
  18. nochianand
    Feb 10, 2020
    5
    This game has almost nothing going for it. Yeah sure the graphics are pretty good looking and admittedly, it's pretty great seeing an old Gameboy game looking this good. Now for the bad part. This game is unbelievably easy. Like all you do is press A because your Pokémon get so overleveled. Next is catching Pokémon. Using motion controls is a good idea on paper but it just doesn't work atThis game has almost nothing going for it. Yeah sure the graphics are pretty good looking and admittedly, it's pretty great seeing an old Gameboy game looking this good. Now for the bad part. This game is unbelievably easy. Like all you do is press A because your Pokémon get so overleveled. Next is catching Pokémon. Using motion controls is a good idea on paper but it just doesn't work at all. Half the time the ball would just fly wherever it wanted to. If you're really eager to play gen one again, play Firered and Leafgreen. They're way better.… Expand
  19. emu0
    Jan 27, 2020
    5
    Obviously the hype was way higher than what this game can offer. As I was playing, I felt more and more disappointed because of the cuts of playable stuff with regards to the original title (Safari, Casino, bike, etc) and overall the lack of difficulty (forced exp. share, no fight against wild pokemon, etc).

    I can understand, and I think it is legitimate, that the company want to    Obviously the hype was way higher than what this game can offer. As I was playing, I felt more and more disappointed because of the cuts of playable stuff with regards to the original title (Safari, Casino, bike, etc) and overall the lack of difficulty (forced exp. share, no fight against wild pokemon, etc).

    I can understand, and I think it is legitimate, that the company want to approach to children and/or inexperienced players with this game... but just say it! Otherwise you are fooling the users by selling something that is not true!    … Expand
  20. Arfon
    Jan 26, 2021
    5
    Looks beautiful! But it sucks. It's a little bit too much casual-directed, that's why this game is not for me. The only thing I really like about this game is that we can see Pokémon in the overworld now. And they can be outside of their pokéball and walk alongside you, but not inside buildings, not even the little ones. That sucks.
  21. JoeQ_
    Mar 24, 2020
    5
    Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee are remakes of Pokémon Red & Blue and are pretty underwhelming remakes at that. For the average player, this game is a great experience and is not too challenging as it builds itself as a game for newcomers into the series who have no experience with Pokémon or have dabbled a bit with the mobile game Pokémon Go. However, for the diehard or big Pokémon fans,Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee are remakes of Pokémon Red & Blue and are pretty underwhelming remakes at that. For the average player, this game is a great experience and is not too challenging as it builds itself as a game for newcomers into the series who have no experience with Pokémon or have dabbled a bit with the mobile game Pokémon Go. However, for the diehard or big Pokémon fans, this game feels like a slap in the face and a dumbed-down version of such a great game. It's not too offensive for the fans but is very mediocre and hardly offers any challenge. It's great for Nintendo to try and introduce newcomers to the series, but as the first Pokémon title on the Switch is does everything but make the Pokémon fans suffer. Throw away all strategy and fun that the Pokémon series is known for. The catching mechanic has been implemented directly from Pokémon Go so you don't actually battle the Pokémon when you catch them, just a simple toss from the joycon or a click of A. You catch them based on a ring, Green meaning easy to catch, yellow meaning moderate to catch, or red, hard to catch. But unlike the mobile game, if the ring is not green, don't expect to catch the Pokémon with a regular Pokeball because it's borderline uncatchable. In Pokémon Go you could still catch a red ring Pokémon with a regular Pokeball, in this game it feels like there's no chance. Speaking of the joycons, the control scheme of this game is so poorly made, there's no option to play on the TV with a Pro Controller or Joycon Grip, just a single joy-con or a Pokeball Plus. I bring up again that challenge is nowhere in this game, I'd be lying to you if I told you I lost many battles. Losing in Pokémon teaches you to use strategy in your second fight that you didn't use in your first battle, but as said before, unless you're new to the series, you won't lose a lot. You would also think that a game on the Switch would show some evolution to the series, but the animations in the game are stiff and have almost no flash. It stays true to the original games as every animation is pretty static. I've never finished the game and probably never will as i find almost no reason to. That being said the game introduces wandering Pokémon which is one of the only positives I saw from this game, as being able to see the Pokémon before you walk into it stops you from running into Pidgeys & Zubats over and over again. It appears to me as Nintendo wanted to make a game that would draw in old fans of the series by making the game Red/Blue remakes, but it comes off as a shameless cash grab as this game isn't worthy enough to be comparable to those games. If you don't know much about Pokémon and have always wanted to get into the series, this game is obviously made for you and you might enjoy it too! And for Pokémon Go players this game does appear to have some sort of functionality with the mobile game so maybe it might interest you. But for a big fan of the series, this is one game you probably won't regret skipping.… Expand
  22. ChesterField
    May 1, 2020
    5
    A remake of the blue / red / yellow pokemon saga without further ado, very faithful to the originals. GameFreak needs to evolve in the technical and artistic section. We are in 2019 and it seems that it is not a nintendo game with these GameCube graphics. As it is a remake after all, what less than adding voices to the main characters, which they have not done. I do not recommend it.
  23. nightstroller
    Apr 30, 2020
    5
    It's nothing like games of old, and I feel like it's a case of "don't fix what isn't broken." They should not have deviated so far from the beaten path.
    You collect pokemon but don't battle anymore apart from gym leaders.
    The game looks nice and while I guess it's accessible to kids of all ages, this game was a big letdown. I was hoping for a pokemon game like what we had on gameboys    It's nothing like games of old, and I feel like it's a case of "don't fix what isn't broken." They should not have deviated so far from the beaten path.
    You collect pokemon but don't battle anymore apart from gym leaders.
    The game looks nice and while I guess it's accessible to kids of all ages, this game was a big letdown. I was hoping for a pokemon game like what we had on gameboys except now with better graphics on the switch, but instead we got pokemon go on the switch.

    Pokemon Let's Go
    Gameplay Enjoyability (0 - worst, 10 - best)

    Visuals - 8
    Catching pokemon - 3
    Exploring - 5
    Music - 6
    Gym battles - 6    … Expand
  24. clbull
    Sep 18, 2021
    5
    FireRed/LeafGreen is the gold standard that a Gen 1 remake should aspire to. It remakes all the original content with the graphics, audio, bells and whistles that you'd expect from a GBA game. Plus it adds the Sevii Islands - a new endgame region.

    Let's Go Pikachu by comparison is a barebones remake of Pokémon Yellow. You know... the game where you start with a Pikachu and obtain    FireRed/LeafGreen is the gold standard that a Gen 1 remake should aspire to. It remakes all the original content with the graphics, audio, bells and whistles that you'd expect from a GBA game. Plus it adds the Sevii Islands - a new endgame region.

    Let's Go Pikachu by comparison is a barebones remake of Pokémon Yellow.

    You know... the game where you start with a Pikachu and obtain Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur from various NPCs just because Nintendo wanted to cash in on the success of the Pokémon anime.

    The main difference is... there's also an Eevee version where you start with the Pokémon that was Blue's starter in Yellow instead - because double money for Nintendo!

    Which begs the question for the consumer: Do YOU want an electric type that refuses to evolve or a normal type that refuses to evolve, and that's why I think everybody went with Let's Go Pikachu, because let's face it, Eevee sucks.

    So much of Pokémon Yellow's DNA is in this game that it's shocking. Even Jessie & James appear as occasional boss encounters, and just like with Yellow, have hardly as much character as they do in the anime.

    Whole heaps of content synonymous with Pokémon as a series have been gutted out for the sake of simplicity, sanitisation and parity with Pokémon Go. A few examples:

    1. Random wild Pokémon battles have been removed in favour of a Pokéball throwing minigame that works passably well with the Switch's controls.

    2. Your smack-talking rival from the original game, manga & anime series, has been replaced with a friendlier, more boring, more lame and more sanitised "friendly rival." Trace is frankly an insult to fans of Blue and Gary Oak.

    3. The Celadon City Game Corner has no minigames. It's not even like in HG/SS where the slot machines were replaced with other minigames. They're completely gone.

    4. No bicycles. Cycle Road is now Pokémon Road and you can traverse it by foot. Mounts have been added to the game but they just feel so weird and janky, especially when you automatically dismount just to jump from a ledge and remount after you land.

    5. HMs are now Secret Techniques which your companion Pokémon can learn. This means that you're dependent upon your starter to use moves. Thankfully, the combat version of these moves are repurposed as MMs in their original locations and TMs are reusable...

    6. The Safari Zone has been outright removed and replaced with "Go Park", a place which allows you to bring Pokémon from Go into your game. It's a one-way trip, by the way.

    These are just a few of the glaring problems that Let's Go has as a game. It isn't so much a remake as it is a low-effort rehash. The game is competently made but it's not what you'd expect from a Gen 8 Pokémon title. It feels like some failed experiment to create a game that has parity with Niantic's hit mobile game which backfired tremendously.    … Expand
  25. Femboy
    Aug 29, 2021
    5
    Like all Pokémon games, Let's Go Pikachu has that familiar core gameplay to it. There's just something so intrinsically fun about adventuring through a region, gradually raising the strength of your team and defeating various other trainers as you do. Let's Go Pikachu does a good job at preserving this familiar setup, and I had no trouble getting absorbed in this game the same way I getLike all Pokémon games, Let's Go Pikachu has that familiar core gameplay to it. There's just something so intrinsically fun about adventuring through a region, gradually raising the strength of your team and defeating various other trainers as you do. Let's Go Pikachu does a good job at preserving this familiar setup, and I had no trouble getting absorbed in this game the same way I get absorbed in pretty much every Pokémon game I pick up.

    One of the cool things about Let's Go Pikachu is that it also presents a few welcome changes to the long-held standards of the franchise. For starters, catching has been completely overhauled, modified to appeal to newcomers who enter the franchise via Pokémon Go. I thought this was a pretty cool way to shakeup the formula and set this game apart from its predecessors. Wild Pokémon encounters have also been changed, so that you can see various Pokémon wandering around in the wilderness before you encounter them. Although its more of an aesthetic thing, this change really went a long way for me. Not only is it easier to avoid unwanted encounters (though they still do happen), it also adds a lot to the visuals of the Kanto region, and makes the world feel more real.

    Speaking of visuals, the overall look of this game is also very nice. There are a lot of new cutscenes and added animations that make the game feel much more alive than previous 3D Pokémon games have been. The designs for all the important characters (including the protagonist, the gym leaders/Elite Four, all the bosses, and a bunch of supporting characters) are all really nice looking. The environments also look neat.

    Pokémon walking behind you, a fan-favorite feature from HGSS, is also finally back, and actually improved somewhat. You can control which Pokémon walks behind you (instead of it just being the one in the first party slot), and you can do more than just walk with them. There are ridable Pokémon that replace the bike, flying Pokémon that let you soar through the sky (post-game only though), and various water Pokémon that'll take you through the ocean (after you get the surf secret technique). Unlike the mounts from previous 3DS games, these are all your own Pokémon, and interacting with them like this helps with the art style to make the game one of the most immersive Pokémon games.

    But the game is not without its pitfalls.

    Let's Go Pikachu adds plenty of new features to the game it's based on, but preserves many of its flaws as well. The plot is just as tacked-on and empty as the last time these games were remade. Once again, Team Rocket show up to do lots of generic villain stuff. Giovanni is just as forgettable as ever, having almost no presence outside of the two times you battle him. This should hardly come as a surprise to those who've played the originals (or most Pokémon games) before, but it's still disappointing.

    Similar to this, I am of the opinion that the Kanto region is the most boring region in Pokémon, geographically at least. There are a couple cool areas here and there like Pokémon Mansion and Lavender Tower, but they pale in comparison to landmarks that came in later games. So even though they look nice, they're boring to play through.

    Regarding the gameplay, I have two main complaints: the repetitiveness and the EXP gain.

    I can't recall if it was like this in previous games, but it felt like every route was absolutely flooded with trainers. Getting through areas like the Rocket HQ, Rock Tunnel and most of the later-game routes took me literal hours of fighting trainer after trainer after trainer, over and over again. And nearly all of these trainer battles have absolutely no strategy to them, requiring only mindless button mashing. Because of the limited pool of Pokémon this game has, you also end up fighting the same handful of Pokémon dozens or even hundreds of times.

    In spite of this forced grinding, gaining EXP is extremely slow. Even when consistently facing Mons that were ten levels above my current one, it could take forever to gain even a single level sometimes. I'm the type of person who likes to rotate Mons in and out of my team pretty routinely, and this was especially frustrating for me because it felt like it was encouraging me to just capture six Pokémon early on in the game and only use them.

    Also, quickly as I'm running out of characters: some of the in-game models were missing light-mapping in battles (which looked weird), and Pokémon walking behind you could get glitchy. The postgame also requires lots of grind. Like so much grind I didn't even bother.

    Let's Go is most fun in the beginning, when everything is new, and in the end, when your progress starts to add up. But in the middle, there's a lot of slog to get through. As a long-time Pokémon fan, I could overlook the game's numerous flaws and get a lot of enjoyment from it. But if you can't do the former, you probably won't be able to do the former.    … Expand
  26. Autty49
    Nov 20, 2021
    5
    Not a bad game but I could've been a lot more for a 60 dollar game
    but an enjoyable game overall
  27. flypenguin62
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    The game removed a lot of key features from the previous games and left this feeling very bare and miserable. There are no wild Pokemon battles at all. Only battles happen with gyms and with other trainers. While this is ok, it's not a preference of mine and I enjoyed battling wild Pokemon. They also removed Pokemon abilities. On top of this, they force you to use a single joy conThe game removed a lot of key features from the previous games and left this feeling very bare and miserable. There are no wild Pokemon battles at all. Only battles happen with gyms and with other trainers. While this is ok, it's not a preference of mine and I enjoyed battling wild Pokemon. They also removed Pokemon abilities. On top of this, they force you to use a single joy con controller unless you are playing in handheld mode. I prefer a two Joycon setup, but that's too bad. You can't even use a pro controller. Did you spend an extra $70 for that pro controller? That's too bad, because you can't use it at all. They wanted to cash grab with the Pokeball plus sales to force you into their gimmick of spending an extra $45 for a stupid Pokeball controller that will only be useful for this game. It's a good business strategy, but does a terrible job at keeping customer loyalty. They completely disrespected the long time fans with this installment and The last company that I trusted with a string title every time has finally lost my trust. I cannot recommend this game to anyone, unless you've never played Pokemon or you only play Pokemon Go. That's 100% the audience they were targeting and they obviously stopped caring about their true fans.

    I just can't help but feel like the company didn't care very much with what they were doing this time around. It's a back to basics Pokemon game that removes around 50% of what makes Pokemon fun. If you're a Pokemon fan, then I would highly recommend waiting and buying their core version coming in late 2019. This won't tide you over, this will make you mad.    … Expand
  28. kalis
    Dec 1, 2018
    4
    Amazing graphic with unexciting/boring gameplay.
    Why is the trend being like this, this day?
  29. ikkan
    Nov 26, 2018
    4
    Pokemon yellow for kids the new generation kids that are not allowed to be frustrated. I used to play pokemon blue on gameboy and it was impossible to beat brock and mist without leveling a lot my pokemons. Now i beat the entire gym with one run, without leveling my pokemons and without using a single potion. My recomendation: Get the Physical version, play and sell.
  30. TheKalahari
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    This is a very weird entry into the Pokémon series. It feels more like one of the below average spin-off titles that gets released every now and then but since Gamefreak themselves have developed it and are insisting to call it a mainline title, I will do the same. This of course means that will I judge it with the quality of previous mainline titles in mind.
    This is not a good game. It's    This is a very weird entry into the Pokémon series. It feels more like one of the below average spin-off titles that gets released every now and then but since Gamefreak themselves have developed it and are insisting to call it a mainline title, I will do the same. This of course means that will I judge it with the quality of previous mainline titles in mind.
    This is not a good game. It's neither a good Pokémon game nor a good RPG in general. The Pokémon series has always been a very casual and simple part of the JRPG genre, it's made to appeal first and foremost to kids after all. In recent times Gamefreak have adopted the strategy of simplifying the games even more and that's extremely apparent with Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee. These games ignore a plethora of features that have been a staple of the series for many years in favor of cashing in on the Pokémon Go hype by implementing features from that game. This to me seems like a very weird choice to make. Who would have thought that the very first mainline Pokémon title released on a home console would remove features in sake of implementing game mechanics from a mobile title of all things. It feels honestly very bizarre. Apart from that, the game doesn't look what I would expect a home console Pokémon game to look like. It looks like an upscaled 3DS game. This is especially pathetic when you compare it to other bestseller titles on the Switch, such as Mario Odyssey, which looks and runs magnitudes better than Let's Go. This to me really just indicates a lack of effort on Gamefreak's part. They know that whatever they do, the game will sell well. Thus they'll just put in minimal effort and people will defend them for it.
    Not everything is wrond with these games though. I like the concept of Master Trainers for example. I think it could be expanded upon so that it doesn't just fall down to whoever has the faster Pokémon wins but there's definitely potential for some fun post-game content there.
    To be honest, it is very difficult to think of more positive things to say about Let's Go so I'll just wrap up my review with the next few sentences. I don't know who these games are for. I don't think kids are too stupid to play any of the other mainline games and I don't think if you have nostalgia for gen 1 that you would seriously enjoy these games more than the originals or Firered/Leafgreen. Let's Go feels like the biggest stepback in the history of Pokémon. Now we'll just have to hope that Gamefreak keeps Let's Go seperate from the "real" mainline games and that they'll positively surprise us with next year's entry.    … Expand
  31. Dtizet
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    All pretty but, damn pokemon snap was more difficult, i know it's a casual spin off, but again it is so easy to beat the game that you get bored quick, there is no challenge at all and without challenge one simply start to ask why im pkaying this? And it cost 60 bucks!! I truly recommend you to watch some streaming or walkthrough and then decide if it worth for you
  32. paulshoreline
    Nov 19, 2018
    4
    After close to 30 hours (most of which was spent chaining, more on that later), it sure feels like the only reason this game exists is because Nintendo demanded that GF pump out a Pokémon game in time to boost Switch sales for Christmas. The graphics are okay, marginally better than Gen 7 (though the capture sequences are virtually indistinguishable from GO), and seeing Pokémon roam aroundAfter close to 30 hours (most of which was spent chaining, more on that later), it sure feels like the only reason this game exists is because Nintendo demanded that GF pump out a Pokémon game in time to boost Switch sales for Christmas. The graphics are okay, marginally better than Gen 7 (though the capture sequences are virtually indistinguishable from GO), and seeing Pokémon roam around the overworld is pretty cool and something I hope carries over to later generations. No HMs is nice but USUM already fixed that. Thus ends my list of pros.

    I don't understand all the meddling with the core formula. The story is that GF wanted to make the game more accessible for new players so they removed wild battles, abilities, held items, etc. But last I checked, young kids have spent the last 20 years being able to figure out the inner complexities of Pokémon, beginning with those of us who started with Gen 1 when we were 6 and 7, all the way up to the kids whose first Pokémon game was USUM. Not to mention every iteration of Pokémon has sold like hotcakes, so it's not like having abilities or whatever was frustrating new players to the point that they weren't buying the game.

    The real reason that this game has been so stripped down, that the difficulty is such a joke, is because it was obviously a rush job and a cash grab. Wanna know why IVs, which are easily the most complex thing about Pokémon, made it into the game but not abilities? Because IV's are easy to code into a game, it's just RNG pumping out a series of numbers. Same with natures, which are even more frustrating than IVs (still in the game despite being universally hated). Unlike abilities, but putting abilities in requires effort, unique animations, effects, weather (also removed), etc. Same with hold items. Nobody ever complained about hold items, we've been able to figure those out since the first time we gave Totodile a berry in GS, but those got purged too. So don't buy the BS that GF was concerned with new players being confused - what really happened is that they didn't have enough time to cram everything in before the holiday deadline.

    The GO mechanics are also supremely frustrating, mostly because the catch system is designed for GO (a F2P game) and not a game that people paid $60 for. Pokémon GO is designed for kids to spam Poke balls until they have to use Mommy's Visa to buy more. Getting a Nice/Great/Excellent has zero bearing on catch rates, which is now 100% RNG that the player has very little control over - all you can do you is press the berry button and hope that the Pokémon doesn't immediately run away. The result is a catch minigame that feels incredibly frustrating - anyone who has hurled 5+ ultra balls into a green circle only to have their 30+ chain broken because the target fled knows what I mean.

    It's charming being back in Kanto, and seeing a big-ol Onix rumble around is cool. But this game is not worth $60, and with less features than the 3DS games it might not be worth $40 either. I understand why this game exists, but man is it a disappointment, and if GF doesn't really crush Gen 8 then my interest in Pokémon might finally collapse. Also they left Stealth Rock in the game but removed Rapid Spin and Defog. You have been warned.    … Expand
  33. 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
  34. Spymander
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    Play FireRed or LeafGreen instead; they're better Kanto games with more content.

    Graphics are fine but nothing to write home about (not that they've ever been an important part of the series). The re-imagined songs are good but basic, could've definitely had more thought put into them. The lack of polish in other areas, such as animations, is laughable at times. The following Pokemon    Play FireRed or LeafGreen instead; they're better Kanto games with more content.

    Graphics are fine but nothing to write home about (not that they've ever been an important part of the series). The re-imagined songs are good but basic, could've definitely had more thought put into them. The lack of polish in other areas, such as animations, is laughable at times. The following Pokemon and character cameos are both really cool, but don't justify the 60$ price tag. If you really want to interact with your Pokemon, I'd recommend playing the 3DS games and using Amie/Refresh.

    The point is, there's nothing that makes this game worth more than FireRed, a game that came out over a decade ago. If you don't already have FRLG or something to play GBA games and you just really like the look of this game more, then sure, you'll have fun. If you don't fit that description, then I'd only recommend the game if you play GO and have children to play with, since I imagine that would elevate the experience a bit. Although, while we're on children, I'd still recommend you get them FRLG instead. If you're a parent and you don't really get Pokemon, don't be fooled by people who say this game is better for kids; Pokemon has ALWAYS been a good fit for children, so the additions that make this game more childish and easy were completely unnecessary. I enjoyed FRLG as a kid, and I still come back to it. I would've enjoyed this game too, but I'm not so sure about that second part.

    For veteran Pokemon fans, the game is fun as long as you don't think too hard about all the stuff that's missing or where they went wrong, and the fact that that's the most positive thing I can say about it should tell you all you need to know.    … Expand
  35. UniversalReview
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    Pokemon Let's Go is an entertaining, lighthearted Pokemon experience, ripe for newcomers to the series and fans returning to it after many years. Kanto's graphics have been updated. The presentation and music quality is greater than ever before. The return of following Pokemon brings a certain magic to exploring the overworld and the game is filled is with loving homages to the franchise'sPokemon Let's Go is an entertaining, lighthearted Pokemon experience, ripe for newcomers to the series and fans returning to it after many years. Kanto's graphics have been updated. The presentation and music quality is greater than ever before. The return of following Pokemon brings a certain magic to exploring the overworld and the game is filled is with loving homages to the franchise's early days, both for casual and more dedicated fans.

    So why is my score so low?

    Because for all the effort the games put into style, accessibility and a warm feeling of nostalgia, the core experience under the hood feels strikingly shallow - a problem many have had with the series as a whole lately.

    The removal of wild battles in favour of a Pokemon Go style system, and the availability of only the original 151 Pokemon + 2 newcomers are the most striking changes, enough to put off many fans by themselves, but ultimately only the tip of the iceberg. The difficulty has been lowered compared to both the original Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow and their remakes Fire-Red and Leaf-Green years prior. The post-game content, the pride of some of the most well renowned Pokemon experiences like Gold/Silver and their even better remakes, Emerald and Black 2/White 2 is particularly barren, with the aforementioned remakes of the same game: FR/LG doing more in this regard in 2004. The wireless features the franchise has had since 2006 have been stripped back: random wireless battles and the Global Trading System are no more. The removal of various layers of battling complexity: held items, abilities and more have also put a major dampener on the competitive side of things, an aspect of the franchise that has only been growing in recent years.

    I think the shallow feeling of the games as a whole can be summarised with one analogy to another Pokemon remake many years back. The original Pokemon red and blue were ripe with speculation surrounding the mysterious 151st Pokemon Mew - all playground rumours aside, Mew was unattainable aside from very sparse, inaccessible events. Then came Pokemon Emerald in 2005: in it Gamefreak put the effort into crafting a special event in which you could finally catch Mew with some special in-game story content. Players had been curious for years and were finally rewarded. Now compare that to Mew's availability in Let's Go. With the game's efforts to reignite nostalgia and the magic of the early franchise, it would've been all to easy to implement a special Mew event: maybe as a reward for catching all 150 Pokemon, or as a homage to many of the rumors back in the day: the perfect cherry on top of a game. Instead, Mew was locked behind a paywall: an accessory that cost real world money to attain, all for the privelage of obtaining Mew with no extra bells or whistles, story content or magic to speak of.

    This is a problem many, myself included, have had with the franchise to various degrees in the past five or so years. Constant alluding to days past instead of moving forward. Cutting out difficulty and depth in favour of adding extra style over substance. An ever shrinking amount of content per game owed to misconceptions about what the children of today want, completely ignoring that the franchise attracted so many newcomers throughout its history with exactly the opposite - and it is many of those fans in particular that feel left behind with Let's Go.

    The games look, sound and play impressively. No doubt by themselves they are a fun, harmless Pokemon experience, and will reignite the magic in many, But in the context of Gamefreak's current approach when developing the franchise and the milestones set by previous instalments, Let's Go feels like a hollow "return to form" and foray onto the Nintendo Switch, wowing on the surface but offering little underneath. This is Pokemon far from its best.    … Expand
  36. zycore718
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    This isn't a meme/troll review, I actually got the game and have played through until the 7th Gym as of writing this. This is just a mediocre game. It's Pokemon Yellow in HD with the catching from Pokemon Go and that's about it. It's okay if you like Gen 1 and want a timewaster that you can shut off your brain and play for a few hours, but if you're expecting anything deeper then lookThis isn't a meme/troll review, I actually got the game and have played through until the 7th Gym as of writing this. This is just a mediocre game. It's Pokemon Yellow in HD with the catching from Pokemon Go and that's about it. It's okay if you like Gen 1 and want a timewaster that you can shut off your brain and play for a few hours, but if you're expecting anything deeper then look elsewhere. This was clearly made as a quick filler for this year to cash in on the Go players, with the bare minimum effort put in while presumably every one else in Game Freak is working on the 2019 game/s.

    Honestly as a Go player the catching didn't bother me as much, it worked decently with the Joy-Con. Following Pokemon and being able to ride on them as well as not having to use HMs was nice and I wish they keep this feature for future games. Some of the battles in the game can be pretty challenging if you don't excessively catch Pokemon and keep around the same levels as your opponents. I don't really have a problem with the 'chibi' artstyle they went with for this game, but the graphics and animations look flat and unfinished which is frankly horrible for the series' first HD game on a home console especially when put next to other Switch games. The soundtrack is just the same 5 instruments over and over making every song sound exactly the same, they weren't memorable remixes in the slightest. The story is just the same as RBY with the odd new thing here and there, only your new 'Rival' in this game reminds me of the 'friends' from Pokemon XY and not in a good way. And features like online random matches, abilities and held items that were in every previous game were removed for absolutely no good reason, with nothing of note added as an incentive to play the game beyond beating the Champion or catching Mewtwo.

    Definitely don't buy a Switch just for this game, it's not worth it. Only get this if you have literally nothing else to play on your Switch, and even then only buy it if you can find it cheap, because that's what this game is. It's definitely not worth £50/$60.    … Expand
  37. ReviewGuy13
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    While it is nice to finally have a Gen 1 game with the Physical / Special Split, the game removed more features than it added. The only thing I hope that carried over to future games is the overworld Pokemon. The art style change is not my cup of tea, but that is pure opinion. Everything else about this is worse than other main Pokemon game. So many features were removed that I hopeWhile it is nice to finally have a Gen 1 game with the Physical / Special Split, the game removed more features than it added. The only thing I hope that carried over to future games is the overworld Pokemon. The art style change is not my cup of tea, but that is pure opinion. Everything else about this is worse than other main Pokemon game. So many features were removed that I hope Gamefreak doesn't make future games like this.

    Also, they kept IVs what the heck.    … Expand
  38. steven310250
    Nov 16, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pretty much the same typical pokemon game you ever expect from Game Freak. Nothing screams challenging single player content. For a JRPG it's pretty low in standards. I'm just going to cut to the chase and give you what exactly what you want.

    Is there single player post game content and is there any good replay value?

    Yes there is post game content such as the master trainer battles, and SPOILERS! You get to fight trainer Blue, Red, and Green. As for replay value, no. Most modernize pokemon games from the 3DS era onto the Switch STILL weak in the replay value department.

    There! That's pretty much what there is to it. If you want to buy the game because it's "Pokemon" then by all means go ahead, but if you pretty much play every single game in the generation. Expecting more of a hardcore single player challenge, more post game content, higher replay value for single player content. I'm terribly sorry but you're sadly mistaken if you think you'll be getting those.

    Funny enough, the story is just as bland as X and Y. Despite it being a remake and all. Then again, Red, Blue, Yellow, Fire Red, and Leaf Green always had terrible stories. Don't expect that to change.

    Overall, it's just another cheap cash grab, lack of replay value and most of all. Another babies' first JRPG. It's not worth playing and I suggest everyone to turn away from it and hold off until gen 8 comes around. Though let's be real honest. Gen 8 will be **** too so long as Junichi Masuda, Shigeru Ohmori is at the helm of directing these games. Nothing will ever change.    … Expand
  39. Sinoce
    Nov 19, 2018
    4
    If the goal was to play a game my nephew can enjoy, then it did just that. On it's own, it feels like it misses what made other games great. It just feels as if someone turned on easy mode. The catching mechanic is just terrible as well.
  40. OswinSong
    Nov 19, 2018
    4
    It's an ok game but definitely not worth $60. Motion controls could be better, exclusion of Pokemon, ExP share can't be turned off, animations are a step back, lack luster customization and lack of abilities and held items.
  41. Luky96
    Nov 21, 2018
    4
    Game Freak, congratulazioni per aver fatto 1 passo avanti e 10 indietro.
    Le novità introdotte sono davvero molto interessanti ma avete reso il gioco tecnicamente imbarazzante. IV ed EVs resi più complicati per poi togliere le abilità e gli strumenti "semplificando" il gioco per i bambini, logico. La precisione del lancio della pokèball è oscena, se implementate una funzione fatela    Game Freak, congratulazioni per aver fatto 1 passo avanti e 10 indietro.
    Le novità introdotte sono davvero molto interessanti ma avete reso il gioco tecnicamente imbarazzante. IV ed EVs resi più complicati per poi togliere le abilità e gli strumenti "semplificando" il gioco per i bambini, logico. La precisione del lancio della pokèball è oscena, se implementate una funzione fatela funzionare.
    FireRed/LeafGreen avevano più contenuti 14 anni fa ad un prezzo minore! 60€ per Pokémon Go 2.0? NO!    … Expand
  42. AlphaBR
    Nov 26, 2018
    4
    Overall, I am not pleased with this game. I have been a Pokemon fan every since Omega Ruby and have liked the quality and style of the games up until Pokemon Let's Go Eevee and Pikachu. There are some aspects of the game that I like. For example, I believe that you are able to choose which Pokemon you want to catch instead of random encounters is nice and I preferably quite like it. I alsoOverall, I am not pleased with this game. I have been a Pokemon fan every since Omega Ruby and have liked the quality and style of the games up until Pokemon Let's Go Eevee and Pikachu. There are some aspects of the game that I like. For example, I believe that you are able to choose which Pokemon you want to catch instead of random encounters is nice and I preferably quite like it. I also think that because of the new combo feature and the Shiny Charm, it makes catching shiny Pokemon more enjoyable and easier rather than spending hours on end trying to find that one shiny Pokemon you were looking for. There are many features that are unpleasant and disappointing about this game as well. I found this game to be quite fun when I was playing it. I liked battling all the gyms and battling the Elite Four again, but after that I quickly lost interest in the game. I myself am not a shiny hunter so that takes the aspect of "chaining" as I call it and filling up the PokeDex out of the question. The "Master Trainers" don't provide a interesting thing to do after the game, and Team Rocket does a lousy job of trying to battle your trainer again after the game. Overall, I am disappointed in the post game adventure unlike Sun, Omega Ruby, and X. I also am not a fan of the catching mechanism that Game-freak used in this game. I find myself using too many Pokeballs and infuriating myself on how Pokemon somehow instantaneously flee from battles breaking my chains. I am used to spending 1-3 Pokeballs in the other core games rather than 7-9 Pokeballs in this game. I also dislike how there are only 151 core Pokemon in this game (excluding the legendary, special Pokemon, and the Alolan Pokemon). This makes for the game to be somewhat boring and tiring going through. I honestly think there is a lack of story line here both in game and post game. The way that Game-freak merged the game with Pokemon Go was disappointing and unpleasant for the core gamers. Overall, I think you should give this game a try. It's not only my opinion that shapes your mind to whether you want to buy the game or not. I think it should not be called a core series game and more of a sub-series game. Disappointing overall.… Expand
  43. djm11b1p
    Nov 29, 2018
    4
    Got the game because all my switch friends are playing it. Was hoping this would be a solid remake of the originals but holy **** is it terrible. They removed the best part of the RPG elements of the game. You don't have to fight other Pokemon to level yours up...just catch them. You can't fight wild Pokemon, just throw Pokeballs and hope they land on them. Pretty much a guaranteed captureGot the game because all my switch friends are playing it. Was hoping this would be a solid remake of the originals but holy **** is it terrible. They removed the best part of the RPG elements of the game. You don't have to fight other Pokemon to level yours up...just catch them. You can't fight wild Pokemon, just throw Pokeballs and hope they land on them. Pretty much a guaranteed capture every time. They took the worst parts about Pokemon Go, a mobile game, and implemented them into a $60 remake. The only combat is against Trainers and, while it is beautiful in its animation and design, is a huge let down. This is a $30 game at most since they took out the one thing that made Pokemon have a long play time, and that is combat. This is just a cash grab using the Pokemon nostalgia.… Expand
  44. DangerCrusader
    Dec 13, 2018
    4
    This is an unnecessary remake. We already have a remake, why need another on? I hate how you have to catch Pokemon like you do in Pokémon Go. Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire and Gen 7 are better than this. Thus game feels lazy, to be honest.
  45. koulatta
    Dec 24, 2018
    4
    I've constantly been a supporter of Game Freak's endeavors into new consoles for my whole life, and there hasn't been one game that stuck out negatively to me once until the release of Let's Go. I have over 40 hours into this game. I've beaten it, nearly completed the 'dex, and even caught a shiny Pokemon! But I would call this more of a port from the Game Boy Color's Pokemon Yellow thanI've constantly been a supporter of Game Freak's endeavors into new consoles for my whole life, and there hasn't been one game that stuck out negatively to me once until the release of Let's Go. I have over 40 hours into this game. I've beaten it, nearly completed the 'dex, and even caught a shiny Pokemon! But I would call this more of a port from the Game Boy Color's Pokemon Yellow than anything even comparable to FireRed or LeafGreen. $60 for a game that we'll all forget about in months to come.… Expand
  46. lui93
    Feb 27, 2019
    4
    Take the old original games on gameboy and overlay the good graphics and bad mechanics of the mobile game and overcharge it for what it is.

    Still a good game, got a solid 30 hours out of it and had fun while playing.
    Bad things except for the catastrophically mechanics was bad performance and loading times was a joke.

    would recommend to buy this if you find it on a sale but not otherwise
  47. Javi3394
    Oct 6, 2019
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I haven't liked the game at all. I didn't enjoy, it wasn't a challenge. It's been much worse than the original Pokémon yellow, after more than 15 years. There isn't a good endgame, no skills, no hatching, nothing, it's a really crack in time… Expand
  48. JoseLuisMJ
    Nov 8, 2019
    4
    The adventure is fun it is 100 times better than yellow but that's it for the ups.
    Its very limited pool of pokemon makes it boring once you have catch them all because there little post game and pvp battles are so simplified they didn't used the games for the VGC.
    Not worth 69 dollars
  49. 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
  50. MakeishaKAxxx
    May 4, 2020
    4
    Overall, I think the graphics are good but it has quite a repetitive gameplay.
  51. 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
  52. 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
  53. Toasttt
    Mar 26, 2022
    4
    bad . .
  54. 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.
  55. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    4
    There's nothing to it. Pokémon is just a shell of its former self.
  56. Hellspeller
    Jan 22, 2019
    3
    Love that this is 1st Gen only.
    HATE that that you cant play with a controller on TV !? (1-hand nunchuk only)
    HATE that you dont battle wild pokemon and this is a piece of crap Pokemon Go clone
    HATEFULY DISPISE the catch rate of pokemon past lvl 20 (Cant catch ANYTHING ! Ruins the game entirely)
  57. spencersong
    Mar 12, 2019
    3
    This game is so boring that I constantly doze off when I was playing. No interesting Characters, No fun interaction with the envirment. The awkward capture mechanic makes me wanna jump off a building. Soooooo SO BAD!
  58. 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
  59. kell32669
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    This is my first Pokemon game, and i dont like it, the motions controls and the one Joy Con was a No Go for me, paid 70.00 for a pro controller and cant use it with a 60.00 game, this is ridiculous, and the game just seems so easy like, so easy its boring, felt like im forcing myself to play it. Sorry but wasnt a good experience for me, its funny how mostly all bigger reviewers gave this aThis is my first Pokemon game, and i dont like it, the motions controls and the one Joy Con was a No Go for me, paid 70.00 for a pro controller and cant use it with a 60.00 game, this is ridiculous, and the game just seems so easy like, so easy its boring, felt like im forcing myself to play it. Sorry but wasnt a good experience for me, its funny how mostly all bigger reviewers gave this a 8 or 9, no way.… Expand
  60. Zharkos
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    B-but its just for kids!
    Think about that for a minute
    This is a game aimed at kids that lacks a VERY good portion of the depth from previous games in the franchise, that were also aimed at kids. The lack of items, abilities, wild battles, being able to evolve your starter, and well over 600 pokemon isn't made up for by the "new" addition of ride/following pokemon. Not to mention despite    B-but its just for kids!
    Think about that for a minute
    This is a game aimed at kids that lacks a VERY good portion of the depth from previous games in the franchise, that were also aimed at kids. The lack of items, abilities, wild battles, being able to evolve your starter, and well over 600 pokemon isn't made up for by the "new" addition of ride/following pokemon. Not to mention despite only having 151+2 pokemon to make animations for you still have pikachu jumping in place basically t-posing for half its moves. Compare it to a game like digimon cyber sleuth which had a fraction of a fraction of the budget this game did and still managed to give every one of its 250+ digimon unique animations. The low quality from this game and the amount of features they've added and removed from pokemon over time is unforgivable for a franchise that's grossed 60 billion dollars.
    That being said if you're 3 years old or didn't play any pokemon games outside of yellow? Sure, go nuts. But keep in mind when you buy that even if you enjoy the game you're supporting lazy development and developers that don't have the slightest clue what the fanbase wants outside of nostalgia pandering    … Expand
  61. Syntheziz
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    The Pokemon Go catching mechanic was a somewhat nice change from the traditional controls. The flaw is the games removal of content. Much content was removed and not even substituted. For this being a Pokemon game on the switch, it's certainly a step backwards.
  62. FQueen
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Not worth 60.00 USD *I understand this is a spin off game* ^Not for core players^ (Opinion based) (( Was hoping for something more)) --When looking at the face of this game it seems inviting and has a pleasant nostalgic appeal as it should to most Pokemon fans.. when in actuality this game is extremely hand holding and removes core aspects from itself when compared toNot worth 60.00 USD *I understand this is a spin off game* ^Not for core players^ (Opinion based) (( Was hoping for something more)) --When looking at the face of this game it seems inviting and has a pleasant nostalgic appeal as it should to most Pokemon fans.. when in actuality this game is extremely hand holding and removes core aspects from itself when compared to of many of the other Pokemon games. I understand the idea/creation of this game was to mix Pokemon Go and core game-play mechanics; with the "Catching mechanic" and Pokemon Go connectivity aspect it succeeded. But this game at its core fell short in game-play. Yes the game is very hand holding. Yes this game is very short with a lackluster post-game. But for newer player (younger kids) i see that this would be a good Pokemon game to start with.… Expand
  63. emmyemmy
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Haha oh man, I ordered a switch on the announcement of this game. What a mistake. And $60 for this? The $40 3DS games have 10x times more content. Hell, even the red and blue remakes on the gameboy advanced from nearly 15 years ago had more to do. It feels like a watered down game meant for mobile. Now if that's what it actually was then maybe it would be fine, I would understand if theyHaha oh man, I ordered a switch on the announcement of this game. What a mistake. And $60 for this? The $40 3DS games have 10x times more content. Hell, even the red and blue remakes on the gameboy advanced from nearly 15 years ago had more to do. It feels like a watered down game meant for mobile. Now if that's what it actually was then maybe it would be fine, I would understand if they were limited by hardware or something but they're not. Nintendo has already shown what the switch is really capable of and astounded us with things like Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey. In comparison this is utterly pathetic. Especially as one of their mainstay franchises.
    It just feels so barebones. So many basic features have been stripped away. Of all the features removed the absence of wild battles is the most noticeable. Sure they could be annoying but that annoyance mostly came from the fact that these encounters were randomised. They found the perfect remedy for that by having pokemon appear in the overworld, the player can now decide what pokemon to encounter when they choose. But why then remove the battle element? Having to use this silly catching mechanic for the entirety of the game is just not fun and the joycon controls for it are awful. At least those battles gave some kind of variety to gameplay. And it should be noted that by removing wild battles you're not just stripping away one the most fundamental elements of every mainline pokemon games gameplay but from the story too. The whole reason you're given your starter pokemon in the first place is to protect you from all the other pokemon in the world. In the original red and blue Professor Oak yanks you out the grass and tells you it's not safe out there. Here in let's go the pokemon in the overworld don't even bother chasing you, they just stand around waiting to be caught. The only challenging aspect of wild encounters now is making sure you've brought along enough pokeballs. Theres very little challenge in the game overall. The incredibly broken candy system and the exp share which is stuck on at all times make the trainers who are already pushovers no obstacle at all. Most pokemon games are fairly easy but at least there was online play to supplement that but here online features are incredibly limited, there's no GTS, Wonder Trade, or Battle Spot and you can only battle or trade with friends locally. With no challenge in the main game, very little post game content and limited online features its just a dull experience overall. The bland visuals don't help either. The environments feel sterile. I was initially somewhat excited to see a revisit to kanto, but only because I was interested to see how it would be reimagined with the capabilities of the switch. There is no re-imagining though, instead we just get the same maps and layouts, outdated grid system included, lazily rendered in 3D. They're reusing the models and animations for pokemon that they made 5 years ago for x and y and i've noticed some reuse of animations from sun and moon for npcs too. And fair enough, we're approaching nearly 1000 pokemon now, it's not worth the time to redo those every game, but surely then that should also afford you time to actually put care into rest of the games visuals. And the soundtrack that I've seen a lot of praise for, in the end just turned out to be generic midi orchestrated versions of the originals that lack any real personality of their own.
    And all of this is excused because its meant for children and to bring new people into the franchise. So did children not buy any of the previous games? Were those games not designed with them in mind? Did the kids back in the day who's nostalgia Gamefreak are now banking on drop out of the franchise back then? No. A lot of the 'accessibility issues' this game tries to solve were never really problems in the first place. A full understanding of the complexities of breeding, training and battling required for competitive play online were never necessary to make it through the main story. And you never had to touch online if you didn't want to. This already simple game series didn't need diluting further to make it more accessible. And with Pokemon currently being the highest earning media franchise, i don't evenk think accessibility is even an issue for them anymore anyway.
    Really not optimistic about the 2019 games if this is all gamefreak has to show for the switch.    … Expand
  64. luke9977
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    Lgpe has received positive reviews, but how is it possible that in 2018 it will be promoted a title that has the same story of yellow pokemon and fire red / green leaf pokemon without any difference, and with a ridiculous postgame also accentuated by the lack of online? I can understand the introduction of the new mechanics of go and in a sense I can also appreciate them, but this title isLgpe has received positive reviews, but how is it possible that in 2018 it will be promoted a title that has the same story of yellow pokemon and fire red / green leaf pokemon without any difference, and with a ridiculous postgame also accentuated by the lack of online? I can understand the introduction of the new mechanics of go and in a sense I can also appreciate them, but this title is a lack of respect for all old fans who have supported that other **** of usum and also for the new ones. they are going to buy a product identical to one of 20 years ago.… Expand
  65. SpaceGhost94
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    As a long time fan of the Pokemon Franchise I've come to air my grievances with Pokemon Let's GO. I remember when the games were first announced, it felt like a breath of fresh air and like Gamefreak were taking a brand new exciting perspective on the Pokemon formula. I was really excited to buy and play this game, unfortunately to my dismay as time went on things took a drastic change.As a long time fan of the Pokemon Franchise I've come to air my grievances with Pokemon Let's GO. I remember when the games were first announced, it felt like a breath of fresh air and like Gamefreak were taking a brand new exciting perspective on the Pokemon formula. I was really excited to buy and play this game, unfortunately to my dismay as time went on things took a drastic change. There are many areas where the game suffers and does a spectacular job of alienating long term fans.

    Lets start out with the game itself, which is inherently bad. It's an obvious cash grab aimed at the casual and GO audience. Expecting people to pay $300, then $60, and then maybe another $50 is downright greedy and ludicrous. Also spending that extra $50 on a one dimensional accessory that only works for Lets GO and Pokemon GO is bananas. Not only that, but the pokeball plus already has limited used in Let's GO itself with many people opting to use the joycons instead anyway, and it's the only way to obtain Mew in game!

    This game cost $20 dollars more than usual despite having half the usual content. Next is the gameplay itself. Gameplay aspects such as natures and held items have been stripped out with some moves being cut out from the game as well! This waters the game down removing a layer of variability and cuts out a part of the pokemon formula which makes it all the more interesting. Then there is the severely limited online aspect with the GTS, wonder trade, and battle spot not being included with the online services.

    I'm just going to start listing things now, maybe go in depth for some that need further explaining. Only the first 150 pokemon included, plus meltan. Every other game includes pokemon from other gens, even the fire red/leaf green remakes so there is no reason LG shouldn't include them either. Graphics are not great by any means, even compared to their handheld predecessor US/UM, with some of the models being ripped directly from Pokemon GO. Overall the effort put into graphics and animations is laughable. Removed wild battles, and the hand-holding or ultra casualization is blatantly obnoxious and even enough to turn literal kids away.

    Post game content is nearly non existent and seems almost haphazard, and the game overall leaves one feeling there is much to be desired and that so much more could of been done to make this a good game. Instead we got a half effort, diluted, money grab. Which if they sell well, only serves to further incentivize Gamefreak to continue putting out full priced games that only require half the work. It already happened with pokemon go. Gamefreak and nintendo saw PGO success and now we have the train wreck that is lets go as a result. If the trend continues the lack luster mediocrity that inspired this game could eventually bleed into the main series games.    … Expand
  66. infamousjakey
    Nov 16, 2018
    3
    I am long time pokemon fan since G/S, and my brother is pokemon go fan, so we bought 2 switch edition to play together.

    turns out game didnt appeal to both of us, and i think that speaks for itself. game is so blend and shallow. My brother was quite shocked that free game (Pokemon go) offered far more things to do and more enjoyable than this game. at the end we returned our bundle    I am long time pokemon fan since G/S, and my brother is pokemon go fan, so we bought 2 switch edition to play together.

    turns out game didnt appeal to both of us, and i think that speaks for itself. game is so blend and shallow. My brother was quite shocked that free game (Pokemon go) offered far more things to do and more enjoyable than this game.

    at the end we returned our bundle to eb games and they gave us money back, and i downloaded pokemon go instead and realized how much a scam this game really is.

    for this price, and what you are getting is not worth it at all.    … Expand
  67. LtLynx
    Nov 17, 2018
    3
    Para finalizar la caída en picado de la saga, llega esta entrega dispuesta a acabar con nuestra paciencia y con nuestras carteras. Las críticas de las revistas no habían sido tan malas, así que decidí darle una oportunidad a esta entrega, pero ahora no siento más que vergüenza. Vergüenza propia por no haber esperado a ver lo que decían los usuarios y vergüenza ajena por el trabajo de unaPara finalizar la caída en picado de la saga, llega esta entrega dispuesta a acabar con nuestra paciencia y con nuestras carteras. Las críticas de las revistas no habían sido tan malas, así que decidí darle una oportunidad a esta entrega, pero ahora no siento más que vergüenza. Vergüenza propia por no haber esperado a ver lo que decían los usuarios y vergüenza ajena por el trabajo de una compañía que se supone que tiene mucho presupuesto y experiencia.

    Para empezar, partamos de lo más obvio: el juego sale a precio completo con un DLC físico camuflado a un precio desorbitado, eso sin contar con la necesidad de este DLC y de Pokémon Go para poder acabar el juego al 100%. Gráficamente, nos encontramos con un entorno increíblemente simple que bien podría haber movido una Wii, y encima se mueve a 30 FPS (la falta de fluidez es más que evidente cuando corres, sobre todo en interiores). En cuanto a la jugabilidad, el uso de los mandos es pésimo, sin dar funciones a todos los botones y sin permitir el uso del mando clásico. Además, ni siquiera tiene una combinación para hacer soft reset. En una especie de mezcla entre la jugabilidad y los gráficos está algo que a mí me irrita especialmente, que no sé si alguien más lo habrá notado, que es que la transición de estar parado a echar a correr es muy abrupta, y eso al rato me cansa la vista. En cuanto a la dificultad, esta es irrisoria, y que nadie me hable de los niños porque la mayoría de los que estamos aquí empezamos a jugar con menos de 10 años y nunca hemos tenido problemas serios con la dificultad.

    En conclusión, agradecería que el personal de cualquier estudio de videojuegos se pasara por Game Freak a enseñarles cómo se trabaja, porque muchos de los fallos de este juego me parecen de novatos.    … Expand
  68. zentor
    Nov 17, 2018
    3
    1. The game is way too easy. It's impossible to lose a battle. You gain so much experience, that you will always be over-leveled relative to your opponent but also have a team of 6. In the original, going through Mt. Moon was a grind and you either had to fade out or go back to the Pokémon Center. In this game, you just blaze through it with your overpowered and over-leveled starter.

    2.    1. The game is way too easy. It's impossible to lose a battle. You gain so much experience, that you will always be over-leveled relative to your opponent but also have a team of 6. In the original, going through Mt. Moon was a grind and you either had to fade out or go back to the Pokémon Center. In this game, you just blaze through it with your overpowered and over-leveled starter.

    2. Exp. Share should not be mandatory, and it is broken. The experience each Pokémon gains does not change according to relative level differences. This means that the forsaken Magikarp you buy before Mt. Moon will be hopelessly under-leveled, as it belongs to the slow experience group. Moreover, any Pokémon you catch will usually be under-leveled relative to your starter. The only way to train these Pokémon on their own is to remove all other Pokémon from the party and go around catching useless Pokémon in combos.

    3. There are no wild battles. I honestly cannot understand why they thought this was a good idea. I'd welcome novel ways to capture Pokémon. I mean, you could try befriend them and they would willingly want to join you - a bit like what happens with the starter. The new catching mechanics on their own are stale and boring. Moreover, the fact you don't have to battle wild Pokémon means there is no risk-reward to catching Pokémon in places like the Victory Road, Mt. Moon or the Rock Tunnel.

    4. Very poor frame rate performance in many locations (e.g. Viridian Forest) and poor overworld animations.

    5. Lack of content. If the game is focusing more on catching wild Pokémon, it makes no sense to remove all the next generations.

    Very disappointing. I think this game is going to simply gather dust.    … Expand
  69. Los_Bags
    Nov 18, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To start off, i have no idea how anyone actually reviewed this game an 8-10 unless theyre 4 yrs old and have never played a pokemon game. This game was attrocious and thank god i was able to return it within 48 hrs. An 80$ pokemon go game. No fighting wild pokemon, no items. Attrocious. The game looks good but looking good has nothinf to so with the playthrough. This game ruined the pokemon series for me. It isnt wven worth 30$. Do yourself a favor. Dont pick it up. If this is what game freak wants to put out then i mght as well never give them a cent again. The game is beautiful but the logistics of it are completely out of wak. NO sense at all the way its put theough. IM appalled.. ill stop here because ill just sound more bitter than i already am. Dont buy this game. 3 for graphics... i shouldve put it lower so it brings down rating… Expand
  70. Stygian07
    Nov 19, 2018
    3
    First the pros: Its pretty, good music, has following and rideable pokemon, alot of nostalgia (if you consider that good).
    Now for the cons: They completely got rid of wild battles, No abilities, No held items, Botched the stat system, None of the other pokemons aside from the original 151 and meltan line are in the game (not to mention Mew is paywalled), didn't add anything new at all    First the pros: Its pretty, good music, has following and rideable pokemon, alot of nostalgia (if you consider that good).
    Now for the cons: They completely got rid of wild battles, No abilities, No held items, Botched the stat system, None of the other pokemons aside from the original 151 and meltan line are in the game (not to mention Mew is paywalled), didn't add anything new at all and has less content compared to remakes like FR/LG and HG/SS (40$ games on a handheld that came out years ago btw).

    Now if you're fine with Gamefreak/Nintendo saying "All the fans need to see is that it has Pokemon in the title" then by all means I guess this game is for you. If you're fine with them putting in less and less effort in every subsequent iteration of your favorite franchise then by all means throw your hard earned cash at them and see this the video games sink into mobile/casual territory. The Director himself said in an interview that "People/Kids are used to mobile games and watching games on youtube", so by his defintion, you the consumer have the attention span of an ant to even be able to enjoy fully fleshed out video games and would probably just enjoy watching beautiful scenery than actually playing the games. But enough about that.

    See the problem with the games is, its a switch game, not only that but its pokemons debut game for the console itself. Its priced at 60$ which is 20$ more than the previous games and it has less content. This is a fact. Stripping the other pokemons itself is already a huge chunk of the content out of the games. FR/LG had sevii islands in the post-game, HG/SS had the battle frontier, OR/AS had soaring, mirage islands, battle-resort, Delta episode then LGPE has well.. 1 on 1 with a bunch of trainers just re-scattered around kanto. I get it they want to lure in the Go community and the people that left the games a long time ago but at the cost of alienating your LOYAL fanbase. That a bit of a kick in the nuts. Why couldn't they find a middle ground to make the games appealing to both and then again by the way they designed this game it shouldn't even be appealing to the casual-fanbase, in truth its insulting, basically them saying that the games in its current state, a childrens game btw is too much for other people to handle so they had to dumb it down even for grown adults to enjoy? ridiculous. but hey people will probably just eat this up because its pokemon and its pretty.

    If you're a long time fan of the series and no matter how much this game looks appealing to you, just think about what this game means for the future of the series. Speak out, vote with your wallet. Maybe you won't feel the effects yet by the already announced gen 8 title, but at somepoint gamefreak is going to realize even without putting any effort into these games that they will sell, I assure you the video games will become shells of its former self. Im sure alot already feels this way with the 3DS games.    … Expand
  71. GoatsOnBoats
    Nov 19, 2018
    3
    I bought the game on release date, and finished it in two days, including Mewtwo. As a Pokemon veteran, I would recommend it for newcomers, but like myself, other veterans will probably be disappointed. I found it sadly significantly easier than all the previous games, and lacking in content. Held items, abilities, some moves, EVs, content from FR/LG and most importantly all pokemon otherI bought the game on release date, and finished it in two days, including Mewtwo. As a Pokemon veteran, I would recommend it for newcomers, but like myself, other veterans will probably be disappointed. I found it sadly significantly easier than all the previous games, and lacking in content. Held items, abilities, some moves, EVs, content from FR/LG and most importantly all pokemon other than ones from Gen 1 and one new pokemon plus evolution were cut. In addition, the Go catching mechanics are tedious rather than being challenging or engaging. All of this makes the game have next to no replay value I can understand making a one-off game for newcomers, but REALLY hope these negative changes don't carry over to future main-series games. I would not recommend it for the price tag, and think it's probably the worse Pokemon game, especially for veterans, as far as recent releases go.… Expand
  72. ArmFlailingTube
    Nov 19, 2018
    3
    First off, these negative reviews are not "review bombing", they are just honest expressions of how some people felt about the game. Stop being so dismissive of people who you disagree with. It makes you look bad, not them. Also, yes. Pokemon veterans and core fans know that this wasn't supposed to be a mainline game. Yes, they know what Nintendo said about the game not being exactly likeFirst off, these negative reviews are not "review bombing", they are just honest expressions of how some people felt about the game. Stop being so dismissive of people who you disagree with. It makes you look bad, not them. Also, yes. Pokemon veterans and core fans know that this wasn't supposed to be a mainline game. Yes, they know what Nintendo said about the game not being exactly like the others and, yes, they know about the mechanics that Nintendo said would not be in the game. With that said, that does not invalidate their entire review because, like everyone else, they had their own experience with the game and just want to share their thoughts. So, don't be so quick to down-vote. This is what reviews are for, to show an overall reception of a piece of media. So take in all of these reviews and form your own opinion about the game.

    ANYWAY,
    I beat Pokemon Emerald in 3 days when I was 5 years old. That being said, Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu (and Eevee. They're the same game. Don't be a sucker and buy both) are dumbed down to the bear minimum.
    - Always on exp share (not a big issue though)
    - Pokemon GO wild battles
    - constant hand holding
    - friendly rival (because children are sensitive and words hurt I guess)
    - No abilities
    - No held items
    - Only first 151 Pokemon (plus Meltan and Melmetal)
    - No working game corner (because I guess that counts as gambling and we must shield the children)
    It's almost as if Game Freak assumes that kids these days are getting dumber every year. The games were already easy and, now, they're just lifeless.

    I don't have a problem with going back to Kanto because I really like Kanto. The issue lies in that there are no new places to go. In fact, places like the Sevii Islands have been taken out. Personally, I would have really like to visit Johto afterwards but I guess that was too much to ask for.

    I also don't have a problem with wild pokemon appearing outside of battle rather than being randomly selected when running through tall grass. The issue with this, though, is that there are so many of them and, a lot of times, you will have your path blocked by randomly wandering wild pokemon whom you can't touch because then you'll be forced to play carnival ring toss with them.

    The story is fairly the same as pokemon yellow with little to no change. You start out as a trainer in pallet town and end after beating the pokemon league. Simple. There is also no post game unless you think that "Master Trainers" actually qualifies for being post-game content. I don't see why Nintendo made a big fuss over master trainers. They're just 1v1 battles of the same pokemon and you get a title of that specific pokemon when you beat them but, those titles don't make sense in any context if you use more than one species of pokemon.

    You can also try to complete the pokedex but that only works if you get mew who is locked behind a paywall. That's right! You have to buy the pokeball plus to acquire mew which is another $50 ($40 dollars if you buy the bundle pack) because, I guess, EA must've taken Nintendo aside and told them that consumers love getting screwed over at every turn.

    Also, half the animations were quite literally ripped from SM/USUM so expect a lot of things to look familiar. ALSO, the graphics look sub-par. The switch is definitely capable of more than just SM/USUM graphics without the black outlines. So, that was unimpressive.

    Character customization is pretty shallow despite being much better in previous titles on an inferior console. Once you pick your character appearance, you are not able to change anything about it from then on (hair style, color, eye color, etc.) You can still customize your outfit but, that has been dumbed down to just a few sets (some of which are version exclusive) and any attempt to mix and match between the sets never looks right.

    The thing that I think this game does right is the music. The music is always top notch, largely because everything else is still conveyed through text. Taking the soundtrack up to orchestral level is always nice though.

    Overall, this game is just... okay. It plays fine. It looks fine. However, once you beat it, there is no reason to ever come back. The online sucks and, now you need to buy a Nintendo Switch Online Subscription to even do something simple like that.

    (TL;DR) Not worth $60. Designed to appeal to the very small brain stunted children. This game is Baddy Bad.    … Expand
  73. AlanPM
    Nov 20, 2018
    3
    An over simplified version of pokemon with the visuals we wanted for the real Pokemon games. No challenge and appealing to new audiences while neglecting the fans
  74. K_gamr
    Nov 20, 2018
    3
    Extremely shallow, and very easy. Many key features that we have come to know and love throughout the years such as held items, abilities, breeding, and wild Pokémon battles were all not included. The end result a criminally easy game.
  75. BLS2
    Nov 21, 2018
    3
    This game is essentially a Pokemon Yellow remake. Unfortunately, the changes that were made turned out to be a net-negative on the overall experience. The decision to remove wild pokemon battles made little sense, as throwing a pokeball at a moving circle has little gratification and just doesn't feel genuine to the series at all. Despite the greatly overhauled graphics, it somehow managesThis game is essentially a Pokemon Yellow remake. Unfortunately, the changes that were made turned out to be a net-negative on the overall experience. The decision to remove wild pokemon battles made little sense, as throwing a pokeball at a moving circle has little gratification and just doesn't feel genuine to the series at all. Despite the greatly overhauled graphics, it somehow manages to feel less enjoyable running around Kanto than the last time I was able to back in Leaf Green.

    However, there is a role for this game as an entry point for new players. It looks a lot prettier than the older games and they decided to tone down the difficulty to a ridiculously easy level. I would definitely recommend this game for new players to acquaint themselves with the Kanto region and the original 151 pokemon. For players who have even touched another game in the series, this game will get boring very fast.

    Overall, this is a fairly uninspired Kanto reboot, and I hope that Pokemon doesn't continue moving in this direction.    … Expand
  76. Dionysus108
    Jan 24, 2019
    3
    This should have been a slam dunk. Unfortunately, Gamefreak didn't realize or care about how much changed due to the exclusion of battling wild pokemon. An example of this is how easy it is to breeze through any cave/dungeon because you only have to fight the trainers who are already a joke due to the change in difficulty.
    And the change in difficulty is a real thing too, I played Pokemon    This should have been a slam dunk. Unfortunately, Gamefreak didn't realize or care about how much changed due to the exclusion of battling wild pokemon. An example of this is how easy it is to breeze through any cave/dungeon because you only have to fight the trainers who are already a joke due to the change in difficulty.
    And the change in difficulty is a real thing too, I played Pokemon Yellow to make sure my nostalgia wasn't blinding me and it was undoubtedly harder. I caught a bulbasaur in veridian forest and raised it to level 6 so it learned vine whip and then immediately destroyed Brock without a sweat. The only bit of challenge came with onyx that actually damaged me, but thanks to my so-called "rival character" giving me 5 potions when I arrived in Pewter City. At Cerulean city I then wiped out Misty with even less effort thanks to Pikachu.
    Any novelty in trying out the neat gameplay and having pokemon walking around in the grass wears off within an hour and you realize your left with (so-far at least) the worst Pokemon game ever made. If you still want to buy this, i recommend waiting till its on sale for at most $15    … Expand
  77. Zankyouo
    Sep 3, 2019
    3
    Este pokémon me perece junto con el 3ro, el peor de la franquicia. Esta casualizado hasta el punto en el que la dificultad es tan baja que o te limitas los factores jugables que te da el juego, o no te puto diviertes.

    No entiendo porque cojones Nintendo no entiende aún que su público no es gilipollas, para que voy a jugar un juego de pokémon como pokémon go pero con un sistema de combate    Este pokémon me perece junto con el 3ro, el peor de la franquicia. Esta casualizado hasta el punto en el que la dificultad es tan baja que o te limitas los factores jugables que te da el juego, o no te puto diviertes.

    No entiendo porque cojones Nintendo no entiende aún que su público no es gilipollas, para que voy a jugar un juego de pokémon como pokémon go pero con un sistema de combate sin gracia? Para eso juego únicamente pokémon go. Ir explorando la región con nuevos gráficos es lo único destacable y de que me sirve? La experiencia no a sido para nada buena y solo me he quedado con un sabor de boca agrio viendo como cada vez esto se va más as a la mierda.

    A parte de que no te pierdes nada, es la misma mierda que jugaste hace años pero para con un nivel de dificultad inexistente y gráficos mejores, hazte un favor y mejor juega al original que aún siendo obtuso para estos tiempos, es mil veces mejor que esta porquería    … Expand
  78. Poopoobutter
    Jan 1, 2021
    3
    Why would they change the random pokemon battles into a lame catching mini game? That decision was terrible.
  79. 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.
  80. 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.
  81. 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.
  82. 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.
  83. Suroguner
    Jan 27, 2019
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Let's Go is a No Go.

    Right off the bat this game baits you with nostalgia only to bash you over the head with its poor capture mechanic and awkward single joycon controls. Adding to the frustration, pokemon can run away at literally any time up to and even including when the pokeball hits. Even the Encounter pokemon can run from you too now.

    Speaking of Encounter pokemon, you now have to battle them first before you can try to capture them. Plus you only have 5 minutes to beat them in. This restriction is quite unfair as now you need to over power your pokemon to finish the battle in time to get to the capture phase.

    The motion controls for the capture mechanic are also inaccurate at times causing your ball to fly off to the left when you want to throw to the right. Most of the time when I wanted to throw directly in front of me, I had to move the joycon up as if I was throwing underhanded. I should mention also that while doing this, my joycon was in the joycon grip accessory alone as not using the Left joycon too felt awkward.

    Next is the issue of the box your pokemon are stored in. in every mainline pokemon game, as well as Pokemon Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness, your pokemon were sent into multiple boxes that could hold up to 20 in the old Gen 1 and 2 games, to 30 pokemon each in Generation 3 and up. Now you have a single box that hold up to 1000 pokemon! Game Freak expects you to be capturing tons of pokemon, but doing so makes it harder to pick out a pokemon to use, similar to picking out a marble from an ever increasing bag of marbles. Without being able to use multiple boxes, sorting pokemon becomes as easy as cleaning a kid's bedroom.

    When it comes to training pokemon you're going to have to rely on that capture mechanic most of the time as the only battles you'll be facing are from either 6 specific encounter pokemon, or Trainers. This winds up giving you little personal experience in battling with little room for experimenting outside of battling the elite 4 or Green.

    While hyper Training was brought back for this game, it's now rendered moot as there is now a candy system in place to also make a sugar junkie out of your pokemon as you boost their stats with more than just Rare Candies. Beware though, if you take your buffed out pokemon online, you stand running the risk of your pokemon facing a sugar crash and having their stats reverted for the online battle unless you choose the right rule set.

    Also online battles and trades are pay walled by the Nintendo switch online service now.

    The amount of unique pokemon you can get is also SEVERLY limited to just the first 151 pokemon, plus what might as well be considered Generation 8's first 2 pokemon, Meltan and Melmetal, as they are not usable anywhere else other than the multi-generational pokemon Go. Speaking of Pokemon Go, at the time of this writing, Pokemon Go has pokemon captureable from Generations 1 through 4, but only Bulbasaur through Mewtwo, as well as Meltan and Melmetal can be transferred into Let's Go. This means that in order to get Mew in Let's Go, you need to get the pokeball Plus while the Mew promotion is still going on.

    Speaking of that device now, the Mew on it can only be redeemed once. so choose wisely what you do with it. As for how good the device is, I can not say as I do not have it.

    While the Game corner does make a comeback, none of the games are playable in it despite the place being converted from a Casino into an Arcade. Instead, you can come here to pick up respawnable items. Fun. /s

    The NPC's of Fushia even lie about the Safari zone now as it has been replaced with Go Park.

    In past games you could get a bike you could ride to speed up, or ride Tauros in Gen 7. In Let's Go, you get to pick the pokemon you ride, from a selection. However if you get too close to a wall, your pokemon goes back into their ball leaving you on the ground.

    Now all that said, I did find somethings likeable about this game. Certain interactions with your partner pokemon were enjoyable, the new Additional story elements were a plus (the additions, not the replacements), and even the part where you get to play as your partner pokemon in the rocket hideout were enjoyable, but they were not enough to save this game.

    Nostalgia can only take a product so far, and that distance is even shorter when you have access to the original game, the first remake, and the port to the 3DS. Pokemon Let's go is a No Go, but because of the stuff I did enjoy, I'm giving it a 2 instead of a 1.    … Expand
  84. Kenmei
    Nov 30, 2018
    2
    Basically for anyone who, like myself, doesn't like the Pokémon Go! mechanics of catching Pokémon, you won't like this game. I had read a few reviews saying that the nostalgia factor would go a long way in someone's enjoyment of this game, but it wasn't enough to hold my interest because of the new catching mechanics in the game. Also has to do with the fact that the controls to do it,Basically for anyone who, like myself, doesn't like the Pokémon Go! mechanics of catching Pokémon, you won't like this game. I had read a few reviews saying that the nostalgia factor would go a long way in someone's enjoyment of this game, but it wasn't enough to hold my interest because of the new catching mechanics in the game. Also has to do with the fact that the controls to do it, while docked, are clunky at best, and don't work at worst. I really hope that Game Freak doesn't continue with trying to appease to the new Go! generation of Pokémon when the new mainline game comes out next year.… Expand
  85. mrwho995
    Mar 2, 2019
    2
    This is the first Pokemon I've ever played.

    This game has got a lot of negative reviews from Pokemon fans for decisions like getting rid of random encounters. Probably the only good thing about this game is the lack of random encounters, which are an incredibly tedious and annoying gameplay mechanic. This game would have been bad and outdated a decade ago. Now, it's just awful. The    This is the first Pokemon I've ever played.

    This game has got a lot of negative reviews from Pokemon fans for decisions like getting rid of random encounters. Probably the only good thing about this game is the lack of random encounters, which are an incredibly tedious and annoying gameplay mechanic.

    This game would have been bad and outdated a decade ago. Now, it's just awful. The art style is uninspiring and bland. The music is repetitive and aged. And the gameplay feels 20 years out of date. The core of the game is an incredibly dull and repetitive lull. The story is generic and bland, so all that leaves you with is the two main gameplay mechanics.

    You aim pokeballs. You battle pokemon. That's literally the entire game. After 5 minutes you've already experienced 90% of what the game has to offer. Every fight feels the same, every catch feels the same. The game is just incredibly boring.

    The game feels like a bad handheld from over 10 years ago ported to a modern device. The map is unimaginative and linear, the freedom of movement is virtually nonexistent. And the game is scattered with mind-bogglingly bad QoL decisions. The tree chopping ability is a tedious slog to get through, for example, when there is literally no reason for it not to be done automatically and quickly. Accessing what you want requires far too many clicks: three buttons to look at a map, which is completely useless anyway, which in any other game you could pop up whenever you want. And as a whole the game is incredibly slow: there is a painfully tedious amount of downtime in combat.

    If the other Pokemon games are anything even remotely close to this, I have no idea how the franchise has lasted so long. I really struggle to think of any redeeming features. And this crap cost me £50.    … Expand
  86. okottekoneko
    Mar 13, 2019
    2
    I wanted to like this, i really did, it looks great, but optimization and core mechanics of what make pokemon games what they are are lost for no logical reason.

    Its like they took poke'mon go, and tried to shoe horn it into an RPG. You dont fight wild poke'mon, you only catch them, with no weakening, using the same system from poke'mon go, just with less skill needed. Catching    I wanted to like this, i really did, it looks great, but optimization and core mechanics of what make pokemon games what they are are lost for no logical reason.

    Its like they took poke'mon go, and tried to shoe horn it into an RPG.

    You dont fight wild poke'mon, you only catch them, with no weakening, using the same system from poke'mon go, just with less skill needed.

    Catching tons of duplicate useless poke'mon gives exp to your team, the only thing really resembling training is you let oak grind your extra unwanted poke'mon into candy, and you use that to buff your team.

    It's a shallow form on what poke'mon red/blue/yellow was, and its just kinda meh.

    I hope my kids like it, because its boring the hell out of me, and i have been playing poke'mon since i was 8 when blue and red came out.

    On top of the gameplay issues, there are also technical issues, from the moment the game starts right away you notice the game drops frames, like really bad, movement is not very smooth and the lag gets annoying quickly.

    The game overall just feels sloppy and lazy, i hope this trend does not roll over to the new poke'mon games recently announced, because if it does, they will likely kill the series.    … Expand
  87. Tronerfull
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really tried to give this game the chance, but it just keep disapointing me.
    Hear me out, this isnt a hate review like most, I really played it.

    I was on board with all the pokemon following you and the fact that they were visible in the overworld, but after playing it and complete it... It doesnt felt like a pokemon game, sure I may not have all the pokedex (because im unwilling to pay 60bucks for another joycon) but Its feels CHEAP.

    Controls: First negative point, what is this?. The controls are worse than the TWEWY remix for switch and thats saying a lot, Was it to much to allow us to disable the movement controls if I play on a train?.

    Content: Its the shorter pokemon game I have played in my life. I dont know the motivation behind removing 7/8 parts of the pokedex from the game but to lock me from getting all without a joycon DLC is crossing the line. Also The postgame content is lackluster, the masters of each pokemon felt really descompensated (some hard some easy as hell) and after beating them you get a quick dialogue and a title( they keep being the masters but they share their title), maybe expecting a TM at least was too much.

    Story: I already was expecting it to be bland or non-existant but for some reason they got out of their way to make unnecesary decisions (like the league champion, that doesnt make any sense).

    Graphics: Well I never demanded good graphics but playing it like it is feels like playing a mobile game, I might not be wrong saying that is on the same level of Dragalia Lost a mobile game distributed by Nintendo (with chibi aesthetics), and I remember you this a 60 bucks game for Switch(an hybrid console) vs a F2P gacha mobile game.

    Attention to details: Feels like a miss, with only 1/8 of the pokedex you expect that game freak may have worked in new animations for games for those 171 pokemons, but you couldnt be more wrong, they reused the assets and animation of 3ds and ported them to HD, even character animations are reused. At least ( and this are the 2 points) they deepened in the following pokemon mechanic giving them special skills like different levels of flight.

    I was prepared for everything while going into this game but not this, this isnt just a short game its a scam. The game itself is worth 20 bucks max. but its sold at x3 that price +DLCs because its pokemon. After BOTW and MarioOdyssey grand start for their franchises in switch pokemon enters the hybrid console gen with a little game that couldnt live up to the expectation.

    I may have lost 60 bucks but if with this review I can prevent others from the same fat so be it.    … Expand
  88. AwooGirl
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    I've been skeptical ever since this was announced and frankly my opinion hasn't changed from any of the things they have shown us.

    Before I start on this I must say this game is fine for someone new to the series. THAT is one thing I think everyone can agree on. It's a very basic game and is pretty much meant to be that bridge for people that haven't jumped onto mainline Pokemon yet.    I've been skeptical ever since this was announced and frankly my opinion hasn't changed from any of the things they have shown us.

    Before I start on this I must say this game is fine for someone new to the series. THAT is one thing I think everyone can agree on. It's a very basic game and is pretty much meant to be that bridge for people that haven't jumped onto mainline Pokemon yet.
    If this game were judged on its own, it may even be worthy of a better score, however that isn't the situation this game calls for.

    Let's Go Pikachu is a watered down game that's priced $20 more than Ultra Sun despite the latter having more content and overall being a better designed experience. LGP arbitrarily removes mechanics that have been a series staple, while throwing darts on the wall to choose which mechanics to keep (such as megas). There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as to what gets removed and what stays. I imagine the development team for this game didn't have much direction. At its core LGP is a 20 year old game with a new coat of paint, nothing on a deeper level has really been changed in any meaningful way. It's received the most common QOL updates that the series has progressed on but nothing has really been done to make it feel like a modern Pokemon experience. About the only remarkable new thing in LGP is the interactivity with your Pokemon and more importantly your starter of choice. This game is clearly filler to stall time for gen 8, but it also strikes a chord with those people that have a weakness for nostalgia.
    If you are very desperate for a new game regardless of quality, you might as well get this. If you are new to the series, this honestly isn't a bad choice. But if you're a veteran like me then this game really offers nothing for the $60 price tag, and I would advise against purchasing it. I for one will be giving this game to my brother and he will probably enjoy it.    … Expand
  89. 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
  90. jtilt
    Nov 23, 2018
    2
    It’s as if the developers were told to make a game with as little content as possible drag on for as long as possible. Tedious, lazy, and terrible.
  91. Marioboy
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very weak graphics, monotonous gameplay, bad design of the world, not an interesting story, very overpriced. It is a shame that Nintendo releases such weak and cheap games.… Expand
  92. greeze
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    It's incredible how Game Freak can dumb down such an incredible franchise to milk as many pennies from the casual audience. Sadly, the new graphics and music can't make up for the removed gameplay elements such as wild Pokémon battles (I guess they were too difficult for the casual market?).
    Overall, this is a soulless game pandering to the most casual fans who have only played Pokémon GO.
  93. Daggerrim
    Jan 7, 2019
    2
    This game is just bad it's just A down graded version of Pokémon Yellow with better graphics and music.
    It's basically Pokémon Go which I hate mixed with Pokémon Yellow which I find mostly fine.
  94. Maarten95
    Nov 17, 2018
    2
    This isn't the worst game I have played, its just painfully average. I understand that the switch doesn't have the capability's like the ps4, but the graphics of this game are downright ugly. Everything feels so uninspired and blank. Simple things as the background haven't change since the 3ds era. Its such a shame.

    Lets move on to the battles. Gamefreak managed to make the game even    This isn't the worst game I have played, its just painfully average. I understand that the switch doesn't have the capability's like the ps4, but the graphics of this game are downright ugly. Everything feels so uninspired and blank. Simple things as the background haven't change since the 3ds era. Its such a shame.

    Lets move on to the battles. Gamefreak managed to make the game even easier then sun and moon. You don't have to battle wild pokemon anymore. It takes another bite out of the strategy these games used to have. Now you don't have to worry about your pokemon's moves PP. The fun part about pokemon games was the catching mechanic. Taking down the HP of each pokemon, inflicting status effects all to make the catching proces more easy. Its completely gone in this game. Now you just keep throwing stuff at pokemons. Its like they thought "hey, lets change pokemon red in a huge safari zone".

    I'm so frustrated with this game. This was supposed to be the first big step for pokemon to a new console generation and they blew it. Luckily we still got smash this year, because Nintendo really dropped the ball this year.    … Expand
  95. Rod1
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Sorry this Pokemon isn't for me, is boring and too easy. I think the game was made for children, don't recommend it.
  96. 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 $.
    well at GF acknowledge Green now.
  97. thvbh
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    This is the laziest, most disgusting cashgrab in Pokemon history. Tons of features removed, casualised to the limit, treating players as if they're brainless zombies, tedious grind (have fun grinding **** to level 75 for no real reward), 40$ Mew paywall, all pokemon past gen I removed other than Meltan and Melmetal, no abilities (but Mega evolutions are in, wtf), the games are made withThis is the laziest, most disgusting cashgrab in Pokemon history. Tons of features removed, casualised to the limit, treating players as if they're brainless zombies, tedious grind (have fun grinding **** to level 75 for no real reward), 40$ Mew paywall, all pokemon past gen I removed other than Meltan and Melmetal, no abilities (but Mega evolutions are in, wtf), the games are made with the assumption that players today have an attention span of 5 seconds at most. Kanto is basically copy pasted from a game TWENTY YEARS OLD, the only improvement is the new graphics, but that's the least you can expect out of a remake.
    The idea of making a new side-series to help new players get into Pokemon was great, but the execution is HORRIBLE. This is a mobile-tier game on a home console system sold for 60$, plus an accessory for another 40$ that locks you out of obtaining Mew (it's obvious why), and the game doesn't even support a pro controller? THIS is the grand entrance of Pokemon on a home console, when Mario got Odyssey and Zelda got Breath of the Wild? The framerate is of course abyssmal, but that's something we've been fed constantly since X/Y, so nothing new here. The only thing that stops this game from being a 3DS game is the resolution, and that is telling enough. If any other franchise tried to push such a **** lazy, soulless husk of a game for 60$, it would be pummeled into the ground by negative reviews, but since it's Pokemon, nostalgia blinded normies are trying to protect the game by giving 10s without even providing any legitimate praise other than "it's cute and pretty" or complainig about negative reviews. There's no point in paying at least 60$ to play through generation I AGAIN when you have Fire Red/Leaf Green or Virtual Console re-releases of Red, Blue and Yellow. I've bought almost every mainline game in the past, got tricked into buying Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (Ultra changes my ass), but this time I'm done, Game Freak will have to up their game next time if they want to have me on board.    … Expand
  98. Booniesx
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Well, if this ain't a disappointment I don't know what is.
    Listen, I understand they're trying something different for once in the franchise, sure. But "different" doesn't always equate to good, and this is a perfect example. I know what GameFreak is up to, though. Don't expect GO players to buy a Switch for one game; this ain't necessarily smart from a business standpoint.
    Why would you    Well, if this ain't a disappointment I don't know what is.
    Listen, I understand they're trying something different for once in the franchise, sure. But "different" doesn't always equate to good, and this is a perfect example. I know what GameFreak is up to, though. Don't expect GO players to buy a Switch for one game; this ain't necessarily smart from a business standpoint.
    Why would you casualize a game in a franchise that is already casual? I don't understand. This game is easy, too easy and it doesn't make it any less worse.
    I can say for certain that this is a HUGE step down from previous entries, and definitely not worth the $60 USD.
    This sucks.    … Expand
  99. RaidRaptor
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    battle animations ripped straight from s/m
    grid based movement again after they just got rid of it
    $60 switch game when fire red/leaf green has more content and you can get it for $20
    obsessive hand holding and "friendly" rival who won't have any sustenance whatsoever.
    no abilities
    no held items
    paywall to get mew with the pokeball plus
  100. RJD2
    Sep 4, 2019
    2
    My real problem with this game is that they insist on calling it a "mainline game". If this is the new standard for mainline pokemon games we are all doomed.
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  1. Positive: 65 out of 84
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  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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