Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!

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  1. LastOrigin21
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Only 153 Pokemon, and a few alternate forms despite previous remake FRLG having all Pokemon from Gen 1-3
    No Sevii Islands despite FRLG having them
    Is for kids, but requires them to pay $50 and/or $20 and/or walk several miles with a phone draining battery app that also needs cellular data to 100% the game (Super Sonic being $2 doesn’t seem so bad now) Despite an annual subscription for    Only 153 Pokemon, and a few alternate forms despite previous remake FRLG having all Pokemon from Gen 1-3
    No Sevii Islands despite FRLG having them
    Is for kids, but requires them to pay $50 and/or $20 and/or walk several miles with a phone draining battery app that also needs cellular data to 100% the game (Super Sonic being $2 doesn’t seem so bad now)
    Despite an annual subscription for online play, there are less features than the 3DS games such as wonder trade, battle spot, and the GTS
    No wild battles
    No Safari
    No games at the game corner, just text
    Animations are completely recycled from USUM, including the walking animations for Pokemon
    Blastoise shoots Hydro Pump from its forehead
    Gym Requirements force you to have an advantage over the gym
    They also made traditional nuzlocke rules impossible
    Exp share can not be turned off
    Lance uses Seadra simply because Kingdra isn’t in the game, as with the case with many bosses
    The champion has no Pokemon with 4 moves
    Red himself uses a Fire Blast Machamp without No Guard or Specs
    AVs increase stats beyond what stats normally can be and can be maxed out in every stat, making Mega Slowbro+Chansey Core nearly unbreakable
    Btw Megas don’t require items since no Pokemon can hold items
    No abilities either
    They didn’t bother making a skeleton aerodactyl for the museum
    Co op is wasted potential with it making battle 2v1s with P1’s team and no other functions
    Following Pokemon and Co-op will likely be dropped in Gen 8    … Expand
  2. emjoria
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Pokemon: Let's Go was my third most anticipated game for the switch this year, following Smash Ultimate and Civ VI on Switch. I picked it up yesterday at the prerelease event. I have played and beat every main series Pokemon game a few times each, and consider myself experienced enough to write this review.
    Pokemon: Let's Go is for children and people who have never touched a Pokemon    Pokemon: Let's Go was my third most anticipated game for the switch this year, following Smash Ultimate and Civ VI on Switch. I picked it up yesterday at the prerelease event. I have played and beat every main series Pokemon game a few times each, and consider myself experienced enough to write this review.
    Pokemon: Let's Go is for children and people who have never touched a Pokemon game before, not counting Pokemon Go. Nintendo promised a few times that this game would accommodate old fans of the series and still provide a fun experience. I can affirm that that is false. This is the easiest, most watered down game in the series, even if it is supposed to not count as a main series game. The game refuses to respect the intelligence of the player by not permitting you to challenge gyms if you don't have a Pokemon that is strong against the gym on your team. You are given Poke balls after nearly every battle in the overworld for no repercussions, and there are additionally a few NPCS that will refill your balls for free if you run out, like the one in Mount Moon. Your partner Pokemon is likely the most powerful creature on your side, which is odd seeing as Pikachu and Eevee both lack competitive viability. In order to improve this, the game allows you to teach some powerful, exclusive moves of any type to your partner Pokemon ensuring that you will never get stuck once during the entire game. IVs are now completely invalidated as you can pay an NPC 10,000 pokecoins to change the nature of every wild Pokemon you encounter for the next while. After every battle and wild encounter, your Pokemon automatically share experience points, a feature that you CANNOT turn off. This makes the game even easier, ensuring nobody will ever be challenged or underleveled once during their playthrough.
    Breeding, which was my favorite feature in past games, has been removed entirely. Held items and abilities are out, removing nearly every nuance from competitive battling aside from type advantages.
    There are a few things in this game I enjoy, however. The two positive points in this review are for them. The remastered music is very well done and is very immersive. I will also say that this game has the best implementation of the Switch's trademark "HD Rumble" to date. The vibrations that the joycon and the Pokeball Plus make are very convincing and realistic. I usually enjoy capturing Pokemon in the new system for the most part, and I'm sure children will adore it, but it is NOT a replacement for the old one. The gameplay when capturing Pokemon is very unengaging. In practically all of my encounters I just alternated between throwing a Razz Berry and a Poke ball each time until I captured the Pokemon. The nuance is completely gone.
    Do not buy this game. Do not buy this game for your child. Do not buy this game for a friend who likes Pokemon Go. Show these people a good Pokemon game and introduce them to the series properly. If this game sells well, and Nintendo refuses to listen to the community, I truly hate to think of what the next Pokemon game will bring.    … Expand
  3. kickedUp
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    i used to have unwavering faith in the franchise, went in almost blind expecting great things from this lastest new installation. Not anymore. All that waited me was a washed out experience of a game I already played removing and worsening the mechanics of the games I fell in love with as a child. Do we actually need pokemon go catching, what was wrong with the previous method. This justi used to have unwavering faith in the franchise, went in almost blind expecting great things from this lastest new installation. Not anymore. All that waited me was a washed out experience of a game I already played removing and worsening the mechanics of the games I fell in love with as a child. Do we actually need pokemon go catching, what was wrong with the previous method. This just feels like getting rewarded for minimum effort, which is what masuda and game freak expect this game to do honestly. Bring back traditional pokemon, if anybody wanted mechanics from the mobile game they'd play the mobile game. Please reconsider gamefreak.… Expand
  4. Daito
    Nov 16, 2018
    2
    Unica impressão positiva que pude ter foi a "nostalgia", um jogo que tentou mudar o conceito de lutas com pokémons selvagens e treinos incessantes de forma errada. Diversas mudanças, no meu ponto de vista, erradas, ou melhor, arriscadas, a nintendo deveria avaliar um pouco mais "o que os fans querem" e o pouco menos "o que nós achamos que eles querem". Minha nota será 2 pelos diversosUnica impressão positiva que pude ter foi a "nostalgia", um jogo que tentou mudar o conceito de lutas com pokémons selvagens e treinos incessantes de forma errada. Diversas mudanças, no meu ponto de vista, erradas, ou melhor, arriscadas, a nintendo deveria avaliar um pouco mais "o que os fans querem" e o pouco menos "o que nós achamos que eles querem". Minha nota será 2 pelos diversos erros que o jogo cometeu, uma lástima.… Expand
  5. amiibro24
    Nov 17, 2018
    2
    At first, I was excitied when Nintendo announced Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee but after seeing more and more gameplay, I started to lose interest in it that I cancelled my preorder for it. No wild battle catching mechanics, no EV Training, no breeding, no nature, no abilities. To me, it's not a remake but more of a downgrade to Pokemon Yellow. Plus, the game seems like it isn'tAt first, I was excitied when Nintendo announced Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee but after seeing more and more gameplay, I started to lose interest in it that I cancelled my preorder for it. No wild battle catching mechanics, no EV Training, no breeding, no nature, no abilities. To me, it's not a remake but more of a downgrade to Pokemon Yellow. Plus, the game seems like it isn't challenging enough. It's just seem too easy, like it's holding your hand and repetitive. Graphics wasn't much of an improvement and the camera angles haven't changed. The overall world hasn't changed either. No new places to explore and you have to continuously catch pokemon in order to level up your pokemon team. I'm a HUGE Pokemon fan but personally, this game isn't something I would buy $60 for. I bought instead Pokemon X, Omega Ruby and Ultra Sun.… Expand
  6. Komache
    Nov 19, 2018
    2
    A Honest review for both Lets go Games
    I picked this game up Thursday morning off the Japaneses eshop it took around 2 hours to make it to the point in the game to receive the gift in the mobile game "Pokemon go". In that time i had a single lvl 30 Pokemon with 250 in each stat making the game so easy there was little point for me to finish the game. here are some pros and cons
    -Pro    A Honest review for both Lets go Games
    I picked this game up Thursday morning off the Japaneses eshop it took around 2 hours to make it to the point in the game to receive the gift in the mobile game "Pokemon go". In that time i had a single lvl 30 Pokemon with 250 in each stat making the game so easy there was little point for me to finish the game. here are some pros and cons
    -Pro
    -The game is visibly the best representation of the Kanto region

    -Con
    -so easy my 3 year old beat it.
    -multiplayer is a giant letdown
    -online is the biggest joke to try to connect with a friend
    -capture mechanics are down right broken in docked mode
    -unfaithful remakes as many things are changed
    -only around 1/6th - 1/7th of the pokemon are available so forget using your favorites if its not Pikachu or Charizard
    -end game content can be beaten with lvl 19 making it irreverent
    -locks content behind a 50$ purchase

    In the end save yourself the money and don't buy this unless you want to see what a HD Kanto game would look like without playing a game.    … Expand
  7. Sigils
    Nov 17, 2018
    2
    Worst game in the entire series by far.

    In addition to the many things (literal dozens) they've removed from the series since 2009/2010, they further removed another half dozen features including some of which had been there for the entire series duration meaning no one who likes the series as is wanted them removed because if you like a game you don't want the basics changed    Worst game in the entire series by far.

    In addition to the many things (literal dozens) they've removed from the series since 2009/2010, they further removed another half dozen features including some of which had been there for the entire series duration meaning no one who likes the series as is wanted them removed because if you like a game you don't want the basics changed arbitrarily, you want them built upon.

    I wasn't against a return to Kanto in the slightest when leaks started happening that made it appear to be the case. But it should have been a BotW or Odyssey outing. A return to the series roots to build up with all of the content that had been present since the originals and more new content.

    Instead we get a game worse than a nearly 15 year old remake that wasn't that great itself objectively speaking.

    Graphic style is fine, following Pokémon is a nice return but this is a game and the game play is SEVERELY lacking. Especially for a the price. This is what should have been an easy mode in a full content game sold separately for people who don't know better or can't help themselves.

    I love Pokémon. Have played the series for about 65 THOUSAND hours over the last 20 years and this is not at all what I ever wanted Pokémon to be. The last few weren't impressive but to say they were outright bad would have been a lie. Just barely a lie in the case of the most recent brand new games, but a lie nonetheless when considering the game play alone. The same is not true here.

    To be a little more specific:
    -Level design which makes children characters look like they're either 7 foot tall and 8 foot around or building look like they're 5 and a half feet tall and 6 and a half feet wide as opposed to being much more reasonably sized comparitively in the actual gameboy games they're based on.
    -Terrible mobile game controls.
    -Lack of wild battles.
    -No random encounters making the grass utterly pointless to have included
    -Everything appearing in the overworld and with little animations build up and cause extreme graphic lag the 3DS games already only hit 30 at best and now you get about 15.
    -Stat system is ridiculously OP even beyond what the originals were.
    -Messes up the previous game's storyline entirely by introducing these into the same story without any explanation as to what's happened to change things.
    -Requirements on gyms. Some of which don't just teach you the game like some erroneously argue since it requires you to have very specific stuff even when those things are NOT the only way you could do it. They're teaching you only part of the game which I'm sure will lead to confusion on the part of any new players they might be targeting with this. To be clear, I know this isn't needed at all. Tens of millions of people have figured all of this out just fine on their own even as very young children - there are world championships for children if they can understand the metagame they can play casually without issue - but even accepting that as the intent, it's been done wrong. And done worse than the previous remakes which had the Teachy TV item for this and should have just been kept in and updated but is one of the dozens of things that these games have continued to leave out instead.
    -One of the Pokémon can only be obtained from physical DLC - a controller which has limited functionality than the ones it replaces and doesn't work with any other game.
    -You cannot access 80% of the only characters who matter AT ALL.

    And I could go on but I think I've gone on long enough.

    If you like what the series is you should not buy this. Game Freak's track record is to let each content lesser game define what the next ones will be because they have admitted to wanting yearly games at the cost of quality. You will get something worse than this if you let them know you will buy it no matter what.

    If you think you might want to transition to the other games from this? You should not buy this. The originals are available on 3DS and will actually wean you in where this is the furthest thing from the modern main series they've created to date.

    Like Go? You shouldn't buy it. I may not like it but you already have access to a superior and much more cost worthy version of this game.

    Are you a child or thinking about buying it for children? Do not buy this. Go buy the recent 3DS games. While they're certainly not the best of the series, you/they will find this game entirely condescending with it's baby talk and probably dislike anyone involved in buying it for them. You have a much more cost effective way to appease them and not treat yourself/them like mental invalids in the 3DS games.

    Are you nostalgic for Gen 1? Do not buy this game. It has a host of many things you do not want that were not in the originals. If you want straight Kanto HD this is not the game for you. Once again, the 3DS has what you're looking for on it's Virtual Console at a much better price point.    … Expand
  8. crashcount
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    The reviews leaving 10/10 or 0/0 are both disingenuous, but Pokemon Let's Go is ultimately a disappointing entry in the Pokemon series, and a big regression compared to earlier titles.

    If you're an adult, you will likely find this game to be a bad purchase for the price point. It's an extremely watered down experience; many features such as abilities, held items, weather and battling    The reviews leaving 10/10 or 0/0 are both disingenuous, but Pokemon Let's Go is ultimately a disappointing entry in the Pokemon series, and a big regression compared to earlier titles.

    If you're an adult, you will likely find this game to be a bad purchase for the price point. It's an extremely watered down experience; many features such as abilities, held items, weather and battling wild Pokemon have been removed, whereas battle animations (or complete lack-thereof) haven't been touched. This all leaves battles boring both visually and mechanically. There is no challenge to be had, and the game also suffers from lag in some areas because it's badly optimised.

    Overall I played around 20 hours before loosing interest. I don't feel it's worth the price point at all, and I would not recommend purchasing it when there are far better games available on the Switch.    … Expand
  9. GaryOakPR
    Nov 18, 2018
    2
    This game is a shallow remake that doesn't offer a lot different from the games it's supposed to be remaking. The new capture mechanics are flawed as well. A newbie to the Pokemon series might find enjoyment out of this, however even they'd find more substance by playing literally any other Pokemon game.
  10. itswagman
    Nov 19, 2018
    2
    Bom, terminei o jogo ontem então já posso dar a minha review.

    O jogo em si não é de todo ruim, os gráficos estão bacaninhas (tirando as ridículas sombras do jogo), ter de novo a mecânica do Pokemon seguindo é muito sensacional, rever os personagens que marcaram a minha infância de novo e em HD foi incrível (apesar de já te-los vistos incontáveis vezes em jogos anteriores e os modelos em    Bom, terminei o jogo ontem então já posso dar a minha review.

    O jogo em si não é de todo ruim, os gráficos estão bacaninhas (tirando as ridículas sombras do jogo), ter de novo a mecânica do Pokemon seguindo é muito sensacional, rever os personagens que marcaram a minha infância de novo e em HD foi incrível (apesar de já te-los vistos incontáveis vezes em jogos anteriores e os modelos em "chibi" não terem me agradado nadinha) .

    Porém muito mais coisas me incomodam do que agradaram no jogo.

    Certo, se você for comprar esse jogo para o seu filho conhecer o mundo Pokemon, eu o recomendo. Ele cumpre bem o papel de introduzir o universo para os novos jogadores de uma maneira bem simples.

    Mas agora, se você for um fâ de longa data da série, eu aconselho você pular os jogos "Let's Go" e esperar pela oitava geração que sai no ano que vem, pois você provavelmente vai se frustar.

    Se você é do tipo casualzão e quer ter um jogo para relaxar, compre esse jogo, mas espere o preço cair pois ele não está valendo o preço atual.

    Agora vamos partir para o que eu não gostei do jogo, a começar pelo sistema de captura, que em si não é ruim, mas tirar as batalhas com Pokemon selvagens foi um pecado imenso. Ver os Pokemon andando livremente na natureza é bacana e espero que mantenham isso nos próximos jogos, mas tirar a possibilidade de batalhar com os mesmos é muito triste. Ficar capturando Pokemon sem parar enjoa com o tempo, eu inclusive durante minhas jogatinas acabei cochilando varias vezes por conta disso.

    A historia é a mesma coisa de RBY com alguns elementos a mais, e só. Diferente dos remakes FR&LG que tiveram conteúdos incríveis, Lets Go conseguiu piorar a historia original. O rival amigável foi a coisa mais nonsense, por mais que os rivais dos últimos jogos estarem nessa pegada de serem amiguinhos, ver essa formula aplicada em Kanto foi uma facada no coração. Fora a bagunça temporal que fizeram, que não vou me aprofundar nesse assunto pois seria spoiler,

    O pós-game é ridículo e vazio. Tudo bem que é Kanto, mas é só comparar Lets Go com FR&LG que você vai ver a clara diferença entre os jogos, inclusive em seus pós-games. Na real, eu estava na esperança de que Lets Go fosse mais uma especie de Remaster de FR&LG, mas no fim das contas ele foi apenas um remake tosco de Yellow em um console mil vezes superior ao GBA.

    A real é que esse é o problema do Lets Go, ele é um jogo bom na plataforma errada. Se fosse um jogo para celulares ou ate mesmo para o 3DS não teria problemas. Mas cara, é um jogo de Switch, as pessoas claramente vão colocar suas expectativas la em cima por conta disso, é fato.

    Acredito também que aconteceu uma falta de comunicação por parte da GameFreak com o publico. Eles deveriam desde o inicio anunciar claramente varias vezes que esses jogos são focados para o publico novo, ao invés de mencionar isso uma misera vez.

    Ah, e eu não entendo o motivo dos jogos ainda não virem traduzidos nem para o português de portugal! Cara, isso me enfurece.

    Enfim, é isto.    … Expand
  11. Garus24
    Nov 19, 2018
    2
    Total decepción, el juego es tan sencillo que he pasado los gimnasios matando de un solo golpe a los pokemon de los lideres! Es una historia identifa al primer pokemon de game boy, casi nada cambia. Por lo que se paga, no hay compensacion del juego. Deberia de ser un juego casi regalado por lo,chafa. Ni siquiera adaptaron las animaciones de batalla a los pokemon. Son copy paste.
  12. Lyghtning
    Nov 19, 2018
    2
    Awful. This is another game that just revisits kanto for the 5th time while making the game have less content than the remakes of gen 1, firered and leafgreen. So many pokemon are cut so you are left with the original 151 and a new pokemon only transferable from the mobile game, Meltan. You cannot capture them all without buying a $50 controller that will barely work outside of pokemon,Awful. This is another game that just revisits kanto for the 5th time while making the game have less content than the remakes of gen 1, firered and leafgreen. So many pokemon are cut so you are left with the original 151 and a new pokemon only transferable from the mobile game, Meltan. You cannot capture them all without buying a $50 controller that will barely work outside of pokemon, making this game effectively $100 if you buy the game + ball deal. The main game is offensively boring and way too easy. A game being easy can be seen as a selling point, but this game takes it too far and makes every battle require no thought. You are always over leveled because every caught pokemon levels up everyone in the party and cannot be toggled off like the exp share in sun&moon. Even if you tried to do a self set challenge, the game even tries to stop you from doing that because gyms now have requirements to enter, such as forcing you to have a pokemon of the type effective against the gym, have enough different pokemon caught, or have a pokemon be 3 levels higher than the gym leaders pokemon. There are also stat candies which raise the stats of pokemon up by a whopping 200 extra. This would have been a good optionial addition for players who wanted the game to be easy, but the game was balanced without these in mind and thus make them completely useless to those who wanted a challenge, and the players who do like to minmax just turns the game into a one hit ko fest. The post game is also lacking in content. There is no battle frontier or battle tower, or even the battle maison. Just master trainers, who are barely even trainers because they have only one pokemon that is the same as yours and the battle requires no thought, just leveling that pokemon up and feeding lots of candies is the only effective strategy.

    As for presentation, the graphics aren't great and has very little performance issues, but should not be a deal breaker reason. The music is surprisingly very lackluster, since every song has no kick to it. Most of it is remixes to music we have heard before, but there are no standout instruments to each track. Good for overworld and peaceful music, but terrible for battle themes.

    And the major game design choices made are poorly executed. Pokemon being in the overworld is a good change, but it ruins the urgency of finding the exit of a cave or dungeon to prevent your team from being weakened, because there is no incentive other than to be done with the game quicker. With encounters being easily avoidable, preparation for a cave/dungeon isn't necessary at all. A change could have been made so pokemon fight you in these areas. As for the new catching mechanics, party wide exp and motion controls should not be forced. For some stupid reason, the motion controls cannot be disabled in docked mode. The 2 player mode is also poorly implemented. You get to travel with a friend in the overworld, but the second player cannot do anything but walk around with them. This also created a problem with the difficulty again, making no trainer be fun since everything would die in 1 turn.

    The game is marketed at those who have nostalgia for kanto and very VERY young children as a way to ease them into other games, yet hold their hand way too much and do nothing to prepare them properly at all for an already easy series due to the different mechanics and play style the game wants you to go for.

    Overall, the game has poorly executed ideas and suffers immensely from a difficulty level being toned down way too much even when trying your hardest to implement your own challenges. A very easy platformer like kirby can be enjoyable because of the many different ways you can play around with the mechanics. A turn based rpg cannot work when even the dumbest of decisions wont kill you. The original games could be beaten by many as a child, so why is there a need to change it to be the level of easiness there is now? Very boring, lacking in content, and would be best to wait and see how the next pokemon game comes out, or buy the many other, and better rpgs on the switch.    … Expand
  13. Toddiffer
    Nov 20, 2018
    2
    This was a game made for kids, not for fans. Game freak has been keeping their games age locked for some time now and their newest installment, Pokemon Let's Go, is no different.

    You start the game, same as the others, but you don't play the game quite the same. Half the fun has been removed. Where you used to be a trainer battling Pokemon, getting stronger, catching the ones you like    This was a game made for kids, not for fans. Game freak has been keeping their games age locked for some time now and their newest installment, Pokemon Let's Go, is no different.

    You start the game, same as the others, but you don't play the game quite the same. Half the fun has been removed. Where you used to be a trainer battling Pokemon, getting stronger, catching the ones you like and having engaging battles with other trainers, well, all of that is gone now. All you do is catch Pokemon. You get bonus multipliers for experience when you catch the same Pokemon multiple times in a row. You keep the ones you want and give the rest to professor Oak. He gives you candy as a reward. At first I thought this was kind of funny 'haha I'm turning Pokemon into chicken nuggets' then the sad, glooming shadow of realization finally struck me, this is the entire game. Catching Pokemon, which levels up your party, and turning the rest into candy. The battles with trainers are shallow and lack energy. Almost every trainer you meet only has one Pokemon and most gym leaders only have at least two. This makes all the battles short and unengaging which takes away the best part about being a 'pokemon trainer'. I cannot in my right mind leave a good review for this game. Your kids will enjoy it as a fun little past time activity, but if your like me and you grew up with the games and the cards, and you were looking for the next great game, this isn't it so save your money. The franchise doesn't care about the fans that stuck with them through the years. Which is something we will have to deal with.

    I'd also like to leave a short review about the pokeball pro controller. As I get older and after working with my hands they have gotten stiff. The pokeball controller is way too small. I can not comfortably play the game with it for more than an hour. Again it's great for kids but trying to grip this little controller for more than an hour is pretty difficult for an adult.    … Expand
  14. sac1603
    Nov 22, 2018
    2
    + good overworld changes
    + Green is finally a canon character
    + good music + following pokemon is cool - Holds your hand - "Friendly" rival is patronizing - challenges for getting into gyms are patronizing - catching mechanics blow - attack animations are lazy - only 153 pokemon in the game - leveling is limited to catching pokemon over and over again - master trainer    + good overworld changes
    + Green is finally a canon character
    + good music
    + following pokemon is cool

    - Holds your hand
    - "Friendly" rival is patronizing
    - challenges for getting into gyms are patronizing
    - catching mechanics blow
    - attack animations are lazy
    - only 153 pokemon in the game
    - leveling is limited to catching pokemon over and over again
    - master trainer post-game is lazy and just busy-work in terms of content, no substance

    Why would you play this game instead of emulating Fire Red? There's more content, a post-game, and even more pokemon in the game! This is just Pokemon Go for the switch! Are you seriously gonna spend $60 on a FREE MOBILE GAME YOU CAN PLAY ON A SMARTPHONE?

    Get smart and don't buy this game. Vote with your wallet.    … Expand
  15. Beaumontbass
    Nov 26, 2018
    2
    The critic reviews are absurd. "This game is for everyone", except anyone who enjoyed Pokemon before Pokemon Go came out. The catching mechanic is a slap in the face to anyone who found Pokemon Go already dumbed down, but I actually grew to like it for a couple gyms. But then it gets insanely old with no interesting storylines to keep us interested, and grinding for anything like a shinyThe critic reviews are absurd. "This game is for everyone", except anyone who enjoyed Pokemon before Pokemon Go came out. The catching mechanic is a slap in the face to anyone who found Pokemon Go already dumbed down, but I actually grew to like it for a couple gyms. But then it gets insanely old with no interesting storylines to keep us interested, and grinding for anything like a shiny is so monotonous, at least I used to have to go to the Pokemon canter to refresh PP. Battling and trying to catch a rare Pokemon used to pay off, now what's the point of training up? I can use every Pokemon I have at any time during the game, are there going to be events or expanded multiplayer? With the absence of held items, random battles, and everything else that made the main series different from every other knockoff, I feel like I'm playing a knockoff. If I wanted to just play anything with the Pokemon name on it, I'll pick up Pokemon Pinball again, even that has depth.

    Really I'm just disappointed, this feels like a game that could have come out on my iPhone 5 years ago. Anyone who's played one of those online Pokemon MMO's knows the potential of this game. We could have seen real players walking around in game and spark up a battle in Viridian Forrest, or at least battle something. Why would you advertise or even hint at such potential and then deliver such a stripped down version, are they taking tips from Bethesda? lol. I really wish this game was fun. They've had me hooked since I was 10 and I want to play a great (or even good) Pokemon game, but this isn't it. Just download one of the knockoff Pokemon games on your app store, any of those will deliver about as much content.

    I will say the music and graphics, etc. have improved, but who gave a hoothoot about that when playing Pokemon? Priorities are reversed, hopefully some of this feedback gets to the developers and they make a game for us again. This game is for children or people who have never played a Pokemon game or video game at all. If it was billed/marketed this way, there would be only a fraction of these poor reviews.    … Expand
  16. BlockFort
    Dec 3, 2018
    2
    If I had to sum up my problems with these games it would be that they're very shallow, unambitious and soulless. After having normally proportioned humans and non-grid based environments in Sun and Moon it feels like a huge regression to suddenly have chibi characters and unnaturally squared world designs again, especially since the Switch is a much more powerful console than the 3DS. ItIf I had to sum up my problems with these games it would be that they're very shallow, unambitious and soulless. After having normally proportioned humans and non-grid based environments in Sun and Moon it feels like a huge regression to suddenly have chibi characters and unnaturally squared world designs again, especially since the Switch is a much more powerful console than the 3DS. It doesn't help that it looks much cheaper than all other big Switch titles such as Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey or even Splatoon. That wouldn't really be a problem if it wasn't sold at the same price as these.

    "But graphics aren't everything!" I can hear you say and you're absolute right. Sadly, the gameplay reflects the same half hearted, lackluster attitude as the game's looks. This 2018 game's map offers the exact same content as a Gameboy game from 1996. You might try the weak excuse of "It's a remake" but even that fails when the 2004 GBA remakes offered more content in form of the Sevii islands which also greatly expanded the amount of Pokemon you could encounter. LGPE has no such thing, no new post game areas, no way to encounter new Pokemon. It has the smallest regional dex with 153 since Diamond and Pearl but even GameFreak realised this and expanded it with Platinum. So this fully priced Switch game gives you less content than the 2004 GBA Kanto adventure and has the least Pokemon of any game since 2006.

    Saying that LGPE are an overpriced, lazily made cash grab is at this point an understatement. But it even gets worse. The Pokeball plus accessory is the only way to obtain Mew in this way. Locking a Pokemon behind a 50$ paywell is just bad business practise. It's especially shocking to me that gamers are just accepting this since there was such a loud outcry againnst stuff like day 1 DLC, lootboxes and pay2win strategies. And GameFreak made sure you can't transfer Mew from Pokemon Go to Pokemon Let's Go. So they're fully aware of this and simply using it to exploit their customers.

    I could go on about how the combat was stripped of all the mechanics that were introduced over the years such as abilities, hold items and natures or how the gym requirements further casualize a series that's already overblown with casualization but I think I've made my point. However, I do want to be fair and mention some positives for me like the usage of Pokemon on the overworld or that some characters were more fleshed out with more interactions.

    On a technical level these games are fine. They're harmless fun for people who want to relive their childhood experiences of Kanto. But as someone who has been with this series for over 15 years I can't just ignore all of what I've said above. I can't ignore how much these games have been a regression from what came before and how exploitative and cheap they feel. It's not anyway near what the Switch or Pokemon as a franchise is capable of. And GameFreak is aware of that. They know they can just release mediocre, lackluster products and they will sell. That's the real reason why despite saying that on a technical level these games are fine I'm giving them such a low score. Scummy behavior like this should be discouraged as much as possible. I can only hope that Gen 8 will be better and have some actual effort put into them.    … Expand
  17. Auron732
    Jan 8, 2019
    2
    It's really hard to put the sheer disappointment of these games into words. These game are single-handedly the worst pokemon games that Gamefreak has ever made. Gamefreak has made a lot of questionable decisions as of late but those decisions were always at least balanced with some iota of passion or vision. These games are a debatable improvement over Pokemon GO. DEBATABLE!!! How is itIt's really hard to put the sheer disappointment of these games into words. These game are single-handedly the worst pokemon games that Gamefreak has ever made. Gamefreak has made a lot of questionable decisions as of late but those decisions were always at least balanced with some iota of passion or vision. These games are a debatable improvement over Pokemon GO. DEBATABLE!!! How is it that we can compare A FREE MOBILE GAME TO A $60 RELEASE WITH PERIPHERALS AND DLC AT EXTRA COSTS!!! These games are an insult to everyone who purchased them. The graphics are identical to Pokemon GO with none of the excuse of it being on a phone. The gameplay (if you could call it that) is directly ripped from the mobile game with the story of the Yellow being lazily glazed over it. There is nothing in this game that justifies the cost. I have to return both of these games because I have more self-respect and self-awareness to let Gamefreak take advantage of me. Anything less then demanding a full refund would be a desperate act of denial. I understand that a lot of people played GO and they enjoy this game but, you deserve so much better than GO's sloppy seconds. There is a depth to this game that is sorely missing with none of the passionate flash that enraptured kids in the 90's. I have to wait for user reviews for every pokemon game after this, Gamefreak simply has no credibility anymore putting out something so shamefully half-assed. If you need a reason justify your Switch purchase, buy Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate, Breath of the Wild, or Bayonetta 2. If you desperately need to play a pokemon game, play the original Yellow Version on ROM. Gamefreak doesn't deserve the money from digital sales, go pirate the game that's 20 times better from 20 years earlier.… Expand
  18. Nick766
    Oct 25, 2019
    2
    Pokemon let's go Pikachu on its own is an ok game but it can't be even nearly considered as good as games like omega ruby and alpha sapphire. Most of the best features that have stayed since the start of Pokémon games have been removed: when you encounter a wild Pokémon, you enter a Pokémon go like catch sequence instead of battling the Pokémon, this just makes the game boring and almostPokemon let's go Pikachu on its own is an ok game but it can't be even nearly considered as good as games like omega ruby and alpha sapphire. Most of the best features that have stayed since the start of Pokémon games have been removed: when you encounter a wild Pokémon, you enter a Pokémon go like catch sequence instead of battling the Pokémon, this just makes the game boring and almost childish. It doesn't feel like a game you would pay $60 for, it feels like a indoor version of Pokémon go. In conclusion, I really dislike what they did to this game, I hope they fix it in sword and shield.… Expand
  19. MazdoTechno
    Nov 19, 2019
    2
    This game is horrible, it really is
    If you want to play Kanto so badly just play the extremely superior Fire Red/Leaf Green or even the original games
    Incredibly easy
    Incredibly boring
    Just taking Gen one and sucking anything good or interesting from it was not a good idea
  20. GreenDude1
    Jan 17, 2020
    2
    This is easily the worst pokémon game I've ever played. I despise it with all my might. It removed everything that made pokémon good, yet for some reason, mega evolution is still a thing, when all it does is boost your stats. Oh yeah, abilities are also gone, which makes the competitive extremely weak. The new rival is probably one of the worst in the series, being a generic friendly rivalThis is easily the worst pokémon game I've ever played. I despise it with all my might. It removed everything that made pokémon good, yet for some reason, mega evolution is still a thing, when all it does is boost your stats. Oh yeah, abilities are also gone, which makes the competitive extremely weak. The new rival is probably one of the worst in the series, being a generic friendly rival that has no conflicts to make him interesting or endearing. The gameplay is so easy that it makes X & Y look like Dark Souls. Also, your starter, while the partner Pikachu and Eevee were pretty interesting concepts, and the idea of them having unique movesets of different elemental attacks is pretty good...on paper. Instead of just one at a time, they straight up made it so you can have your entire moveset just OP moves. Before you say "oh but Pikachu and Eevee are weak" well not in this game, especially with the game's mechanics. The partner variants have higher stats, so giving them one at a time would've been enough. I get that this game is catering to Pokémon Go players, but even with that excuse, it's poorly executed. And to top it all off, this game has nothing new. You can criticize X & Y all you want, but at least there it had something new and interesting to it. What does this game have going for? Melmetal. That's it! There's no reason for it's existence except a cheap cash grab that makes me feel disgusted. It gets worse every time I see it, and I hope to god they don't make another game like it. But if they do, actually make it good.… Expand
  21. pokeanon
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    The good: You can have following pokémon. You can ride some pokémon. The master trainers

    The bad: Insultingly easy, it is press A to win. Eliminated wild battles, I dislike the GO catching method. Eliminated competitive play, the whole breeding aspect!. Eliminated 6 entire generations from the pokédex. Eliminated day and night cycle. Protagonists are too young. Rival is too friendly.    The good: You can have following pokémon. You can ride some pokémon. The master trainers

    The bad: Insultingly easy, it is press A to win. Eliminated wild battles, I dislike the GO catching method. Eliminated competitive play, the whole breeding aspect!. Eliminated 6 entire generations from the pokédex. Eliminated day and night cycle. Protagonists are too young. Rival is too friendly. Excessive focus on cuteness. Basically, it is a step in the wrong direction for the series, relying on nostalgia by genwunners and the success of Pokémon GO mobile. Make the games a challenge, please! At least provide difficulty options!    … Expand
  22. thestarsquad
    Mar 29, 2019
    1
    This game is literally garbage. Obviously it's intended for children and casual Pokemon Go fans who don't know what they're doing, but this game could not be easier. It's like Game Freak thinks we're 2 years old. The starter Pokemon are overpowered and beat everything in the game without trying and get broken moves super early on, they don't let you enter gyms without certain types/levels,This game is literally garbage. Obviously it's intended for children and casual Pokemon Go fans who don't know what they're doing, but this game could not be easier. It's like Game Freak thinks we're 2 years old. The starter Pokemon are overpowered and beat everything in the game without trying and get broken moves super early on, they don't let you enter gyms without certain types/levels, you can't battle wild Pokemon, and the enemy AI is trash. Enemy Pokemon will intentionally use non-damaging moves to let you win. Like, constantly. On top of that most other trainers have 1 Pokemon, 2 at best. And if you play co-op mode you get an extreme unfair advantage. How is this acceptable? If you have a full party I genuinely don't think you could lose a battle if you tried. What happened to trial and error? The game holds your hand the ENTIRE game. You can design a game for children without making it such a cakewalk! I mean, look at generations 4 and 5. Those games were definitely children's games, but the difficulty was still ramped up enough that you lost battles occasionally, and you had to battle wild Pokemon to gain levels. I was like 9 years old when I played generation 4 and I struggled, but I still beat the game! Children are not idiots. And if you insist on designing a game for idiots, why not implement a hard mode? Why not AT LEAST give the player the freedom to enter a gym, get obliterated, learn a lesson, and come back once they understand how types work? The game has completely streamlined any difficulty whatsoever. You don't learn or figure out anything on your own- the game does it all for you and gives you all the answers. Not only does it give you the answers but it FORCES you to play the game a specific way.

    There are obviously a few good things about the game. Pokemon following you, being able to access the box anywhere you want, no more wild encounters- all good things. However the game sugarcoats these improvements in the easiest Pokemon game literally ever. I honestly can't believe that the Pokemon Company thinks this is acceptable. Pokemon is a huge franchise and it deserves better. This was the most disappointing Pokemon game by far, especially after generations 6 & 7, the easiest generations of all time. Pokemon can be a game for kids but it's also a game for adults- they can't keep giving us bad games, with bad plots, that have literally no difficulty at all and FORCE you to use Pokemon that make the game easier. The game sucks and it's a depressing representation of modern Pokemon. The games could be so much more, but it feels like GF and TPC don't even care about pleasing fans. I'm sick of it. 1/10.    … Expand
  23. Zisis151
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Would you look at that, another Kanto remake! Only this time, it's fully priced but with less content. No wild battles, no breeding, no wonder trade, no REAL rival and NO ENDGAME... Unless you like to call Master Trainers endgame.. fine, but I'll call them a lazy and sorry excuse of an endgame.. The animations are also terrible (if there are any), which make the moves themselves lookWould you look at that, another Kanto remake! Only this time, it's fully priced but with less content. No wild battles, no breeding, no wonder trade, no REAL rival and NO ENDGAME... Unless you like to call Master Trainers endgame.. fine, but I'll call them a lazy and sorry excuse of an endgame.. The animations are also terrible (if there are any), which make the moves themselves look boring and dull. Is this what you want people? Spending more money for less content? If you care about the future of gaming, the future of Nintendo or even the future of Pokemon, then stay the **** away from this cash grab.

    P.S. I will never accept such a **** argument as "this game is made for the casual crowd".. I mean how much more casual can a Pokemon game get? I was 7 years old when I beat Pokemon Blue (which might actually be the most difficult out of all)... 7 YEARS OLD! And you're telling me that it needs to get more casual? Everytime I play a Pokemon game, I catch whatever Pokemon I want and faceroll everything until the elite 4 which gets A BIT challenging. So screw this game and everyone who thought that this was a good idea.. Also screw the Pokeball controller and it's Mew exclusivity. This game is a fraud    … Expand
  24. ReiAyanami
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    80 Billion Dollars & yet Gamefreak still manages to release the same outdated piece of **** that we've been given for the past 20 years. **** this game & the franchise, there's really nothing to say about this game other then it's a literal rehash & reskin of Pokemon Yellow except somehow with even less features then past Pokemon games. How did we go from Black & White 2 to this piece of80 Billion Dollars & yet Gamefreak still manages to release the same outdated piece of **** that we've been given for the past 20 years. **** this game & the franchise, there's really nothing to say about this game other then it's a literal rehash & reskin of Pokemon Yellow except somehow with even less features then past Pokemon games. How did we go from Black & White 2 to this piece of ****?
    Cute Girls are literally the games only redeeming factor    … Expand
  25. umbershap
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    They advertise this game as a mainstream game but it's not.
    There is only 151 pokemon I wouldn't buy it if I knew this.
  26. PolishJohn
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    Could be an ok entry level, budget game for YOUNG kids on the 3DS - but as a full-priced Switch game, it's lacking in every way - feels uninspired and pretty boring.
  27. SailorSonic
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    Feels lazy. Incredibly easy and there's a pay wall. Complete trash. My Switch is still gathering dust... :(
  28. WorriedDenizen
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    No, no, NO, NO, NO!!! THIS IS TERRIBLE!!!

    Where do I even begin with this? Well lets start with the biggest problem with this game, it is a full priced Switch game, for how little content there is. A Kanto rehash for $60 USD? I might as well just replay Fire Red and Leaf Green, or Heartgold and SoulSilver. Now as for the game itself, oh god almighty... It carries the flaws that Game    No, no, NO, NO, NO!!! THIS IS TERRIBLE!!!

    Where do I even begin with this? Well lets start with the biggest problem with this game, it is a full priced Switch game, for how little content there is. A Kanto rehash for $60 USD? I might as well just replay Fire Red and Leaf Green, or Heartgold and SoulSilver.
    Now as for the game itself, oh god almighty... It carries the flaws that Game Freak never bothered to fix (thanks Masuda) while TAKING OUT features.
    This game keeps the nature system while it retcons abilities, and hold items, and takes out a lot of attacks notably Dragon Dance, Giga Drain which is merged with mega drain, and rapid spin, and defog, btw for competitive players Stealth Rocks is still in the game so have fun. Oh and the EV system changed from being maxed out at 252, I can't necessarily explain it's like 200 in every stat if possible. YET THEY LEAVE IN THE IV SYSTEM, THANKS GAME FREAK.

    This game also LAGS when there are too many pokemon on the screen, ya you noticed in the trailers when they showed Co-op the FPS dropped? Well you weren't crazy, this game is HORRIBLY OPTIMIZED, while looking like the ORAS chibi models, but somehow being even **** It was bad enough when they removed Triple, and Rotation battles in Generation 7. But dear god Lets Go makes those games look like solid Pokemon games... Seriously, how many generations of taking out features, yet they can't even fix the goddamn FPS? AND implement multiple save features. No wonder why Game Freak had to go to HAL for help back in the day. ABSOLUTE INCOMPETENCE, and it really shows with this game.

    Main story is just Kanto... Again, and again... except with no Game Corner, with another friendly rival, with worse graphics than the 3ds games. Gym leaders don't even have full movesets sometimes. Seriously? An Alakazam with just Psychic and Nightshade? Wheres Shadow Ball, and Focus Blast, and some other coverage attack!??!? Also the Elite Four first match got deleveled slightly.

    Rivalwise, HE'S ANOTHER FRIEND YET AGAIN, ya know for a company that really loves Kanto so much, you would think they would actually implement a proper rival like Blue, or Silver. But no of course not just like in Generation 5-7 seriously Game Freak piss off with this trend. He heals you up, and gives you items. Oh and btw Cerulean Cave is really disappointing.

    Now a lot of people already went off on the stupid GO style of capturing, which is just stupid since it's taking out a core aspect of Pokemon since GEN 1, the capturing mechanics in GO weren't even the liked aspects of it. It was the exploration and going to different real life locations to get a rare mon. Anyhow it's braindead as hell, and there is almost no challenge with the actual capturing. Seriously Mewtwo should be kicking your ass, not a wrist-flicker fest.

    Endgame is extremely barebones, even more so than X/Y, and Sun and Moon. You rematch the gym leaders, fight the e4 again, and capture Mewtwo, and fight more elite trainers, the fight Green, and Red? Blue is already a new gym leader so I didn't count him, but that's it for content? And again this is being charged as a full priced triple-a Nintendo game???

    The animations are lazy. Look at any kick related attacks in Pokemon Stadium 1, and 2. Both games that were made during the N64 days, and compare it to say... Double Kick in Let's Go. Also Blastoise still doesn't use his cannons. Come on Game Freak you retcon the other gens and left it as strictly Gen Wun, yet you don't take the time to make the animations less **** This is even worse than in Gen 6, and 7.

    No Switch Pro Controller support, are you serious Game Freak? Just why... WHY WHY WHY.
    On a side note I forgot to mention that if you want Melmetal, have fun getting it since you have to feed Meltan 400 candies in GO. Also the Mew unlock, don't even bother spending $50 on that... Also paid online is a thing. just in other words, if you want Kanto skip these games entirely and just play Fire Red/Leaf Green, or Heartgold/Soulsilver.

    Overall the excuse "for casual players" is a stupid excuse that just doesn't work. The original Gen 1, and 2. Were for kids but they still had some degree of freedom and didn't hold your hand every step of the way. Of course Masuda is a senile out of touch incompetent idiot, and clearly doesn't see this. (Look at the guys director track record) This game is somehow more dumbed down than Sun and Moon was. That's an impressive feat. Plus they continued to take out features, yet for some reason they kept in Mega evolutions??? While taking out held items, and abilities? Again as I stated repeatedly, Generation 3, and 4, are more worth your time if you want Kanto. This is a shameless disgusting rip off of a "game" I honestly would go as far as to calling it **** Save your money for Smash Ultimate, don't blow it on this. Hell I would say this isn't even worth pirating it's just that ****    … Expand
  29. HonestReviews4U
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Take everything that makes Pokemon Pokemon: Random Battles, a difficulty level anywhere between really easy and somewhat hard, breeding, natures, abilities, held items, a thriving competitive scene, GTS, wonder trade, fun, and throw ALL of them out the window. Boom! you get Pokemon Let's Go. It's a game for casuals or genwunners, so people who shouldn't be playing Pokemon nowadays anyways.Take everything that makes Pokemon Pokemon: Random Battles, a difficulty level anywhere between really easy and somewhat hard, breeding, natures, abilities, held items, a thriving competitive scene, GTS, wonder trade, fun, and throw ALL of them out the window. Boom! you get Pokemon Let's Go. It's a game for casuals or genwunners, so people who shouldn't be playing Pokemon nowadays anyways. It's too bare bones to even be considered a Pokemon game, even as a casual RPG it fails because of it's ease of gameplay. The ONLY, and I mean only good thing about these games are the graphics. They look decent, and if we were to get a Gen 8 on Switch or (finally) Sinnoh remakes, I'd love to see this art style return. That's why these games are clearly a 1/10. I hope these games sell poorly and Nintendo notices what fans, true fans, really want.… Expand
  30. gbanshee
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    This is a horribly lazy game that has nothing going for it other than nostalgia and graphics, which aren't even all that great if you compare them to other games on Switch. Tons of content removed for no real reason other than the excuse that "it was too complicated". No pro controller support, a 40$ accessory that is pretty much USELESS, in addition to the 60$ price tag on the gameThis is a horribly lazy game that has nothing going for it other than nostalgia and graphics, which aren't even all that great if you compare them to other games on Switch. Tons of content removed for no real reason other than the excuse that "it was too complicated". No pro controller support, a 40$ accessory that is pretty much USELESS, in addition to the 60$ price tag on the game themselves. The games aren't worth even half their price.… Expand
  31. TheBinderGuy
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    If you looked up the phrase "By trying to please everybody, they had pleased nobody" on a quotation website it would have three things: a citation for Aesop's fables, a picture of this game, and a picture of its sister version. Let's start by getting into the knitty-gritty of of the matter...

    GAMEPLAY Gameplay is largely the same as past entries. You get a starter Pokemon, travel a    If you looked up the phrase "By trying to please everybody, they had pleased nobody" on a quotation website it would have three things: a citation for Aesop's fables, a picture of this game, and a picture of its sister version. Let's start by getting into the knitty-gritty of of the matter...

    GAMEPLAY
    Gameplay is largely the same as past entries. You get a starter Pokemon, travel a region, catch more Pokemon and raise them, battle other characters with said Pokemon, become Champion of the region, and eventually become a Pokemon Master. But unlike past games you no longer encounter Pokemon in certain areas at random you can now see the Pokemon on the overworld and interact with them in the same way you do in a similar manner to Pokemon Go, wild battles only exist in a few notable instances. Your Pokemon gain experience Some Pokemon species are not present in this version (as is the case for a vast majority of past games) and must be obtained via trading or transferring the Pokemon from Go. The original 151 Pokemon (plus Meltan and Melmetal, which must be caught in Go and transferred) are the only Pokemon present in the game. All other species, including ones that evolve from the original 151, are not obtainable at all.

    STORY
    The story is retread of the one present in Yellow (which this game and its sister version are remakes of). Once you complete it that's the end of it outside of Master Trainers (of which here are are 153, one for each Pokemon species available in the game), and battling certain Trainers after certain conditions are met.

    GRAPHICS
    One of two things that these games have above most Pokemon games, they're a step up quality-wise when compared to the 3DS entries (X/Y, Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Sun/Moon, and Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon) but it's somewhat tarnished when compared to other Switch games. One half-point for trying.

    MUSIC
    The second thing that his game gets right. The new orchestral takes on classic tunes is good, but the choices of instruments and feeling of certain tracks (Lavender Town's theme and the Pokemon Tower theme have lost a bit of their creepiness and the lack of Japanese instruments is iffy) can leave one wanting something more pleasing to the ear holes. One half-point for trying.

    PRICE
    $60 is way too hefty a price tag considering what these games offer. This problem also exacerbated when other items like the Poke Ball Plus (needed to get Mew), Pokemon GO (needed for Meltan and, if you're willing to wait a LONG time to get it due to single Candy payouts from catching Meltan at low spawn rates and 20km Buddy distances, Melmetal), and the Switch itself (if you don't have one already) are needed to truly complete the game. Bundles of containing the first and third items along with game are available, but they are limited in supply and are most certainly being scalped in the resale market like the Pokemon Go Plus was when it first came out.

    OVERALL
    Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu (and Let's Go Eevee) is an entry that feels like, and is, a bare-bones game of which only the most desperate of Pokemon players (and children) will not feel buyer's remorse over regardless of how much cash they paid to get them. If you're a Pokemon player that wants a little more meat in terms of everything else, wait for the 2019 entry and PRAY that the parties involved keep their word on saying that Go/Let's Go mechanics stay separate from these and future non-Let's Go entries.    … Expand
  32. onionsboyHD
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Kanto again but needlessly dumbed down like come the **** on it's pokemon we all beat that as kids do they really think go players and kids have learning disabilities this much casualization is downright insulting
    oh and also 50$ mew lmfao
  33. horohoro854
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Not sure what the hype is all about, it's a horrible game with rehashed graphics and an awful to play adventure. I really got bored with this game and will probably not buy this for my sister who is in middle school.

    Older Pokemons were kind of complex with the various systems like EV, Breeding, Random Elements, and natures. This gave us the option to use these mechanics so we could    Not sure what the hype is all about, it's a horrible game with rehashed graphics and an awful to play adventure. I really got bored with this game and will probably not buy this for my sister who is in middle school.

    Older Pokemons were kind of complex with the various systems like EV, Breeding, Random Elements, and natures. This gave us the option to use these mechanics so we could have deeper gameplay or ignore them to have a simple enjoyable experience. If you want a shallow, mindless game with no gameplay freedom whatsoever, then this game is for you.    … Expand
  34. Steelball
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Not worth the money and is an embarrassment for GF. Full priced game that is an obvious cash grab, all the things that have made the series fun are gimped or removed. This is the latest installment and is on the strongest hardware that Pokemon has been on to date, yet its content pails in comparison to all previous installments. Pokemon has never been really challenging, but this gameNot worth the money and is an embarrassment for GF. Full priced game that is an obvious cash grab, all the things that have made the series fun are gimped or removed. This is the latest installment and is on the strongest hardware that Pokemon has been on to date, yet its content pails in comparison to all previous installments. Pokemon has never been really challenging, but this game literally makes it hard to lose, animations are recycled from previous games on the 3DS, overall I am extremely disappointed. I was hoping all the haters would be wrong but they were all right. These people giving 10's are delusional.… Expand
  35. Otonaburu
    Nov 29, 2018
    1
    Let's Go would make a very good free software to be attached to the Pokeball+ or even a tech demo (again, available for free) to drum up excitement before the next big Pokemon release. However, this is not the case and instead people are not only asked to pay full price of 60$ for a game that clearly comes from a handheld, but even worse, for a game that is in no way a definitive versionLet's Go would make a very good free software to be attached to the Pokeball+ or even a tech demo (again, available for free) to drum up excitement before the next big Pokemon release. However, this is not the case and instead people are not only asked to pay full price of 60$ for a game that clearly comes from a handheld, but even worse, for a game that is in no way a definitive version of the first generation Pokemon games. The first remake, FireRed/LeafGreen, had much more content available for a lower price (and a free dongle to trade wirelessly and play minigames) but even the original Red/Blue/Yellow is giving Let's Go run for its money when it comes to the value provided. Add to that performance issues like unstable framerate or unrefined motion controls, and it's very hard to justify the price tag to anyone who either respects his/hers money or the series itself.
    While I don't condemn changes made to the game's formula in Let's Go, there being no way to adjust gameplay according to one's preferences, like turning back on wild Pokemon battles, turning off exp. share or simply allowing the players to use the ProController, builds an image of an unfinished product, which stands out in a bad way among (mostly) great games so far released by Nintendo on Switch.    … Expand
  36. MikeSanBernardo
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Tries to be a true Pokémon game.
    Tries to be a Pokémon GO game.
    And epic fails at that, losing that makes those games fun.
    Looks like a Frankestein monster of bad mechanics.
    And do we need another Kanto game? Has less content that FireRed/LeafGreen!
  37. panic1
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    They could make it great but decided to break it with go capture feature that core series fans hate..
  38. Iaksok
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    A step backwards in more than one way Let's Go fails to have more content than a previous remake that came out 15 years ago. Far too easy, needlessly streamlined, core elemnts of battling removed, core catching mechanics exchanged for a mobile game's mechanics, subpar graphics compared to other big titles like Odyssey and BotW, and you can't really catch them all unless you buy theA step backwards in more than one way Let's Go fails to have more content than a previous remake that came out 15 years ago. Far too easy, needlessly streamlined, core elemnts of battling removed, core catching mechanics exchanged for a mobile game's mechanics, subpar graphics compared to other big titles like Odyssey and BotW, and you can't really catch them all unless you buy the accessory they paywalled mew to. Lazy and mediocre games that could spell the end of the franchise actually caring about its games if enabled.… Expand
  39. LeWoop
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Simply ridiculous.
    A literally copy/pasted map from a 20 years old Game Boy game, the same animation as USUM, no day/night cycle, zero difficulty...
    Even the "positive points" are negated by the negative ones (ridable pokemon are cool, but not when the longest route is 10 paces long because they reused a lao from a Game Boy game). Absolutly shameful coming from the highest-grossing    Simply ridiculous.
    A literally copy/pasted map from a 20 years old Game Boy game, the same animation as USUM, no day/night cycle, zero difficulty...
    Even the "positive points" are negated by the negative ones (ridable pokemon are cool, but not when the longest route is 10 paces long because they reused a lao from a Game Boy game).
    Absolutly shameful coming from the highest-grossing video game franchise.    … Expand
  40. 4b4ddon
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    The most expensive Pokemon game up to date with the least amount of content. Game Freak should be ashamed of trying to pull this attempt at selling a low-effort, pretty but shallow mobile game for a price of a home console game. There is no quality in this release, everything is geared toward money - a 40$ accessory that pretty much does nothing, is useless outside of this game, and isThe most expensive Pokemon game up to date with the least amount of content. Game Freak should be ashamed of trying to pull this attempt at selling a low-effort, pretty but shallow mobile game for a price of a home console game. There is no quality in this release, everything is geared toward money - a 40$ accessory that pretty much does nothing, is useless outside of this game, and is used as a disgusting paywall for Mew. The greediness is overflowing from this game.… Expand
  41. ArthurClark
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    If you buy this game you're saying you're ok with paywalls, ok with saying a big **** off to competitive players, ok with removing core mechanics, ok with going to the same region over and over because blind nostalgia sells, ok with names like splishy splash and baddy bad, ok with never having actual postgame again, ok with garbage graphics when the switch is capable of much more, ok withIf you buy this game you're saying you're ok with paywalls, ok with saying a big **** off to competitive players, ok with removing core mechanics, ok with going to the same region over and over because blind nostalgia sells, ok with names like splishy splash and baddy bad, ok with never having actual postgame again, ok with garbage graphics when the switch is capable of much more, ok with the franchise dieing in spirit to become a soulless cashgrab machine.… Expand
  42. Lycanroc
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Pokemon Let's Go has LITERALLY less content than Pokemon FireRed/Leafgreen that came out back in 2004, and it's all being priced at $60. And that is not even taking into account the graphical and framerate issues with the game, seeing as how the engine Let's Go is running on is directly ported from the Pokemon games on the 3DS. So essentially, you're not only being overcharged for lessPokemon Let's Go has LITERALLY less content than Pokemon FireRed/Leafgreen that came out back in 2004, and it's all being priced at $60. And that is not even taking into account the graphical and framerate issues with the game, seeing as how the engine Let's Go is running on is directly ported from the Pokemon games on the 3DS. So essentially, you're not only being overcharged for less content and features, you are being overcharged by paying more for a game that was developed and made for a cheaper system. This isn't just the worst Pokemon game of all time, it's a bad and lazily produced Nintendo Switch game.… Expand
  43. Waluigi4Smash
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    m*bile games are ruining the videogame industry
    once games were about overcoming a challenge, now they're instant gratification simulators that basically play themselves
    and would you look at that, GO success directly caused an easier, casualized, kanto pandering, low effort cashgrab completely deviod of passion
    pokemon is a zombie series
  44. xAziDahaka
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    A sad excuse for a title coming from the world's biggest franchise, Let's go mainly focuses on dumbing down considerably an already easy series, an imbecilic and reduntant process. No reason whatsoever to touch the simple battle system that worked since the franchise was born, no need to remove wild encounters and catching to make space for more low effort spoonfeeding mechanics. NobodyA sad excuse for a title coming from the world's biggest franchise, Let's go mainly focuses on dumbing down considerably an already easy series, an imbecilic and reduntant process. No reason whatsoever to touch the simple battle system that worked since the franchise was born, no need to remove wild encounters and catching to make space for more low effort spoonfeeding mechanics. Nobody really wanted or asked for this game but here we are, going to kanto for the 12nd time experiencing the same exact story over and over again.… Expand
  45. Glalie
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    Pokemon Let's Go is a lazy, soulless cashgrab designed to make money off nostalgiabait and people who will buy anything with Pokemon on the box. The game itself is a barebones remake of Pokemon Yellow, with almost no additional content over those games. The remake of this game that was made before 15 years ago on the GBA has more content that this game.
    First off, there's only 153 Pokemon    Pokemon Let's Go is a lazy, soulless cashgrab designed to make money off nostalgiabait and people who will buy anything with Pokemon on the box. The game itself is a barebones remake of Pokemon Yellow, with almost no additional content over those games. The remake of this game that was made before 15 years ago on the GBA has more content that this game.
    First off, there's only 153 Pokemon in the game, leaving a good 80% of the Pokemon being missing. That lower number of Pokemon doesn't result in more quality animations though, as an example Blastoise only shoots water moves out of its head, while even Pokemon Stadium on the N64 was able to get 2 shots of water moves to come out of its cannons. The models are all reused from the 3DS games too, however one of the few redeeming features is that following Pokemon in the overworld are back, even if it's a cut asset from Pokemon Sun and Moon.
    The overworld though is a mess, the maps are just 1:1 recreations of the old Gameboy maps in a similar engine to the 3DS games with an jarring blocky artstyle, it's basically the 3DS games with a HD filter, phone games can put out better worlds than this. This puts shame to other flagship titles on the Switch like Mario Odyssey, Zelda BotW and Xenoblade 2. The world itself does not translate into the game at all. The new wild Pokemon mechanics just make the world feel very cramped on unoptimised maps.
    As for wild Pokemon battles, they're gone. You're now thrown into a minigame where all you can do is throw Pokeballs or berries like in Pokemon GO, along with forced motion controls in docked mode, with no option to use the pro controller. Trainer battles still exist, but they're removed a lot of core mechanics such as held items, abilities and most of the old moves to reduce strategy in the game.
    The difficulty is far too easy, most trainers now only have 1 or 2 underleveled Pokemon, sometimes not even with four moves, while you have a team of 6 who all gain experience after catching and battling to steamroll the opponent. You can't even turn off all 6 getting experience like in the older games for a bit of a challenge. Bosses in the gyms also have requirements such as grind up to a certain level to challenge the gym, while you easily win with overleveled Pokemon. The game always holds your hand, the starter Pokemon even learns broken moves that trivialise the game. Even the half baked 2 player option makes every fight in the game a 2 on 1 fight to make battling even more mindless.
    The above feature also tanks the framerate in playing the game. GameFreak may not be the best programmers ever going off the original Red and Blue's glitches, but this is unacceptable with effectively a 3DS game on vastly superior hardware when far more complex games like the upcoming Smash Ultimate will have 60 FPS at all times.
    The game barely adds any new features either while cutting out a load of others. For example in the Game Corner, due to gambling laws this was removed, however in older remakes like Pokemon Heartgold and Soulsilver, GameFreak added in a minigame outside of Japan to replace them, however here the player is just told "We're out of coins", as there's no game. Other features like Secret Bases, Pokeathlon or new areas to explore are completely absent, even the Sevii Islands which were in the Fire Red and Leaf Green remakes of Red and Blue are gone.
    Online features are almost nonexistent compared to previous games, here you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to trade and battle with people not on your friend list, and it costs 20 quid a year now to play online, the player is paying for a worse experience. You can't even use the cloud save feature for these games.
    The price of the games is not worth your money either, this game is 60 quid, a good 20 over what the handheld games were in the past. A Pokeball joycon costs another 50 quid and is the only way to get Mew, this is pure greed for something which was included with Heartgold and Soulsilver in the past. There's far better value for money in buying a used copy of the originals or remakes or for 10 quid on the 3DS.
    After you're done with the bare bones campaign which holds your hand, there's almost no significant post game content which fans have been looking for since the DS games bar a couple of battles with previous characters. The postgame consists of fighting master trainers in 1 on 1 battles with the same Pokemon, this boils down to tediously grinding up every Pokemon in the game to challenge them, and to throw excess Pokemon into the mixer for candy to buff them.
    Overall, these games just aren't worth it, and no excuses like it's for kids or it's a spinoff excuse this dumpster fire. This is GameFreak doing as little as possible to make as most money as possible from people buying this for nostalgia or for people who will eat up any rubbish as long as it has Pokemon on the box. If GameFreak gets away with all these problems this is the future of the series.    … Expand
  46. sneedy
    Nov 16, 2018
    1
    This game get's a 1/10 because it is hideous, bland, boring, ugly, and has terrible graphics. I'm only giving it a 1/10 because all the 0 reviews will probably be taken down by Nintendo.
  47. oklapie
    Nov 17, 2018
    1
    This game had so much promise. I would have given this game 8 out of 10 if it weren't for one thing. That one thing is the utter lack of Pokemon battles in the wild. They took out one of the most enjoyable features of the Pokemon games and replaced it with an obnoxious feature from the mobile games. This killed the entire experience, and as such does not deserve the title of remake.This game had so much promise. I would have given this game 8 out of 10 if it weren't for one thing. That one thing is the utter lack of Pokemon battles in the wild. They took out one of the most enjoyable features of the Pokemon games and replaced it with an obnoxious feature from the mobile games. This killed the entire experience, and as such does not deserve the title of remake.

    Additionally, anyone who is capable of waking up and putting on pants can beat this game. It's more of a theme park ride than an interactive gaming experience.

    Save your money, don't buy this. As far as I'm concerned, unless something dramatically changes, I'm never giving Nintendo any of my money again.    … Expand
  48. BlizzardWyvern
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    A really disappointing rehash stripped of depth difficulty and features because of the patronizing belief that mobile gamers and kids these days are adhd ridden dumbasses who will switch game at the slightest hurdle or semblance of difficulty so gamefreak feels like this game has to spoonfeed you everything and make it an overall trivially easy experience. The people settling for this areA really disappointing rehash stripped of depth difficulty and features because of the patronizing belief that mobile gamers and kids these days are adhd ridden dumbasses who will switch game at the slightest hurdle or semblance of difficulty so gamefreak feels like this game has to spoonfeed you everything and make it an overall trivially easy experience. The people settling for this are blind complacent fanboys who don't care about the quality of what they consume because they idolize what they like to dangerous levels and adopt ''my team must win and can do no wrong'' tribalist mentality(which ironically enough they're the same people who will try to paint you as ''afraid of change'' when it's the same exact kanto just with GO mechanics instead of series staples) or casual players uninterested in challenging and in depth experiences and just want to have a relaxing and fun time, which is perfectly fine but I feel like previous pokemon games do a perfect job of being a fun experience for everybody no matter what kind of player you are and there's no need to dumb down a series iconic for being newcomer friendly and easily accessible. this just feel like a poorly thought attempt of trying to get more casuals in the series out of the mistaken belief they have to sacrifice everything long time fans enjoyed to do so, and also a way to test how many times they can get away with selling kanto over and over again. While the games themselves do have some redeeming qualities and aren't worth a 1 (probably a 5 imo as they're not atrocious but just painfully dull and mediocre), I feel like pokemon should remain appealing to everybody and strike a balance between the various markets and that the core idea of needing to make everything easier and dumber that sparked this game into being in the first place is completely wrong and shoudn't be encouraged.… Expand
  49. pokemonAbuser
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    This game is a spit in the face to all long standing fans of the series. I can't see how Nintendo thought that removing all the core mechanics that makes Pokemon fun was the right move? As a HUGE Pokemon fan, I have blind faith in the franchise and literally went out and bought a switch specifically at the prospect of a new Pokemon game, but unfortunately I have never been moreThis game is a spit in the face to all long standing fans of the series. I can't see how Nintendo thought that removing all the core mechanics that makes Pokemon fun was the right move? As a HUGE Pokemon fan, I have blind faith in the franchise and literally went out and bought a switch specifically at the prospect of a new Pokemon game, but unfortunately I have never been more disappointed. While the game is beautiful, Nintendo really took a HUGE step back here in gameplay... taking away abilities and held items is probably the biggest mistake they could have made and completely removes any form of depth from the game. Outside of typing, Let's Go has no meta game WHATSOEVER, which resulted in the most dumbed down, bland experienceI have had in a game in years...

    I get that the idea here is to onboard new comers from Pokemon go so that the company can make as much money as possible, but this game does a terrible job at it because it actually a COMPLETELY DIFFERENT game from what the legit core series is about.

    Coming from a Pokemon fanatic, it breaks my heart that I can't recommend this title to anyone    … Expand
  50. JoseGC
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    Menos contenido que nunca y a un mayor precio, excelente...
    El juego es Kanto otra vez con gráficos dignos de la Gamecube problemas de framerate y menor dificultad que nunca.
    Ojalá nunca hagan otro juego así.
  51. strangeentity
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    cheap nostalgia grab: misses all pokemon post gen 1, items, abilities, graphics actually utilizing the switch's potential, and you can't 100% the game unless you shell out money to get mew which is actuall revolting. wait for the 2019 game instead, hopefully it's too late for this trashheap having any negative influence on it.
  52. adversebeast
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    - EASY, this game is only for kids.
    - A game with less content than normal Pokemon.
    - The "capture" with sensor move is poor, and bored.
  53. pm_goulart
    Nov 20, 2018
    1
    Over 20 years, Pokémon has been one of the series that make fans to enjoy new adventures. There are a lot of things that make Pokémon the huge success that it is. However, it seems that in Pokémon Let's Go everything was lost.

    1°: The addition of grass in the overworld is pointless. Pokémons can come and by and you don't even need to walk on the grass to trigger an encounter. 2°:    Over 20 years, Pokémon has been one of the series that make fans to enjoy new adventures. There are a lot of things that make Pokémon the huge success that it is. However, it seems that in Pokémon Let's Go everything was lost.

    1°: The addition of grass in the overworld is pointless. Pokémons can come and by and you don't even need to walk on the grass to trigger an encounter.

    2°: There is no Pokémon reward anymore. In order to get some Pokémons, you either have them in your team and train them until they could evolve by level up or by stone effect or you could spend some time searching around until you could find a very rare final evolution of such Pokémon. Now it is pointless as when you walk into the Mt. Moon and you just need to wait until a Clefable spawn or having a Butterfree spawning by your side at Veridian Forest.

    3°: I get the 150 ones... But how could they exclude the whole bunch of evolutions and pre evolutions of Kantonian Pokémons found in generations ahead? It is another pointless thing for me. The game simply ignored all the evolutions of pokémons. Instead, they added Alolan forms and Mega forms. Kanto should have their updated pokedex with their 184 Pokémons.

    4°: Pokémon appearing in the wild is very cool, but it causes a lag in the game. There are moments when the frame rate drops and this is due the appearing of the pokémons.

    5°: The controls were terribly planned. The could let people play in the TV by the use of both joycons or pro controller. However, they force you to choose either traditional way [handheld] or with movement controls. In addition, it is disturbing because in every game, the movement control is in the left hand and the options is in the right hand. Now they force you to choose either playing with right hand or left hand. They could leave the option of playing with both joycons as if it were on handheld mode.

    6°: The pokeball plus. It is bad having access to one of the pokémons by just buying a peripheral. Bu the problem is because this peripheral can't be used in any other game.

    7°: The game is repetitive and does not have the replay fact. By the middle of the game, you get tired of so much battles and the lack of a catching story. You play just for playing... This could have been improved in this remake. Yet, everything was made equally in the yellow version.

    8°: The game is simply easier and difficultly pokémon would have achieved its huge success if it was like this. The game turned back to everything that make it great. The playing mode in the game should have come in a "easy mode" where players could choose to play in a easy one or in a traditional one.

    9°: Battles with friends is fun, but again pointless as the surprise factor and training factor don't interfere anymore. Battles were a complicated fact in pokémon core series as it demands a lot of time and lots of combinations to make everything perfect for a battle.

    10°: Why removing the buying factor? What is the point of having pokéballs all the time? You can find a pack of 5 in the overworld, you can earn as reward and you can buy them for just 100$. It is like having infinite pokeballs.

    I could go on and on... But I won't... The game change bad aspects of previous ones... But what we want is not make change everything and erased all the concepts, instead we want things to build up. In this past 20 years, we have seen how pokémon storage have been changed, for instance... This updates does not change the game, but make improvements which are well accepted... What Pokémon Let's Go did was basically ignore all the things the series have been loyal for over 20 years.    … Expand
  54. Steggles
    Nov 19, 2018
    1
    This game may look appealing to some but do not be fooled. Firstly let's say this is a main series (as pokemon has been saying) and not core (i.e. RBYG to USUM and the games in between) games. If this spawns a series of let's go games, creating it's own separate thing than whatever. However the craze of pokemon go has largely died down since 2016, although the game still as just overThis game may look appealing to some but do not be fooled. Firstly let's say this is a main series (as pokemon has been saying) and not core (i.e. RBYG to USUM and the games in between) games. If this spawns a series of let's go games, creating it's own separate thing than whatever. However the craze of pokemon go has largely died down since 2016, although the game still as just over 2million active users, it seems odd that pokemon company has even bothered to draw these players closer to the core series via this weird hybrid of the two. Not stating this without reason, the core series consistently sell over 10million, with exception to installments like emerald, crystal, platinum (that sell over 5million). Total core series sales is just under 230 million units. The begining of the last generation; Pokemon sun and moon sold over 16million. Making an attempt to add 2million Go players at least seems to be pointless, as if they had any interest in the core series they would have already picked one up or stayed with it. So kinda seems like a waste of time to make these games, objectively. But let's go over the games

    What are the positive aspects of this game:
    1. It looks nice; the art direction is HD for the most part so nothing to complain about to much*(N.B on the much part)

    2. It is super easy; if you have a child who is a recent fan of pokemon go, then this is a good start i guess, and a start in which many players began 20+yrs ago.

    3. Pokemon walk around with you; this was a feature in Heart Gold and Soul SIlver back on the DS system (however that included around 450ish pokemon, just a bit less than that), it's nice to see your partners mostly to scale behind you

    4. If your a new commer the game only includes the first 151ish pokemon, so completing the pokedex isn't as intimidating as a task as it is in the newer games with over 800 pokemon. For old first generation fans returning to the franchise it is also nice for the same reason.

    Negative aspects of these games:
    1. this game costs $60 USA ($80 AUS, if like me you live in Australia); ok so normal price yeah, the games on the handeld lines where about $50is only a $10 increase. yup a $10 increase for a game that has 80% less content. oh boi.

    2. Mew is behind a pay wall; i hate microtransaction, lootboxes, you name it. DLC i don't mind as long as it is worth the price, i.e. witcher 3 DLCs absolutely worth the price, Breath of the wild, yup sure worth the low price, you get it good quality extra content for a fair price, most of the DLC i enjoy are ones in which i feel like i don't need them to have a full experience. SO what does this have to do with Mew, well mew is 1 of the original pokemon and has a lot of lore and fan love, so what do they do, the slap that **** behind a $50USA ($70 AUS) controller that is not needed to play the game and is only used for a gimmick. They also want it to be the only way to get mew, as you can't transfer your mew from Pokemon go to these games.

    3. 80% less content compared to core: like i said before this is not worth the money. This game only includes 151 of 8010ish pokemon in the franchise, removes held items, abilities, EV's, anything competative. Removes wild battles for GO's simple capture. This doesn't work, the motion control are inconsistent and you have to use them, it **** wth leveling. People for this complain about core series, "RNG" system of battling and weakening pokemon (which by the way is not slow, annoying or grindy, cause it has many methods to increase your odds of catching pokemon and if your tired of running into pokemon just use a god dam repel, you have access to them form the start of the game), however this supposed better system is so so much worse; wild pokemon can just spawn at your feet (one top of another pokemon, why is this a thing) they glog the overworld (just try using any rideable pokemon you hop of them at any ledge or inconvienience), catching pokemon gives you more exp that trainer battles (which is dumb) meaning to level up your box will be inevietably filled with hundreds of pidgey's.

    4.This game is so easy. Every trainer or rival, gym leader or bad guy never has more 4 pokemon or even 2, they force you to enter gyms with a requirement that makes it easier, your partner literally has a broken movepool and can solorun, stats and moves are broken, and you can use the other joycon to go 2player and effectively tag team 2v1 anyone, all the critic reviews or people saying this is hard, are **** at pokemon and videogames.

    5. This game has sudden frame drops (how? like how?), the shadows are still pixelated (why? this is a switch that can run Doom with decent fedelity and frames), the art style is booring, so are the characters, they introduce meltan just cause (mythical for the sake of being mythical) to enitce people to buy it for complete pokedex's. The music is eh, heard better fan remix's.

    This game is only worth $20. Wait till this goes on sale    … Expand
  55. LeMonk999
    Nov 20, 2018
    1
    What a lazy, overhyped garbage.
    I have been a fan of the series ever since the very beginning. Munched up Red and Blue, then Yellow, then the amazing Gold, Silver and Crystal alllll the way to Sun and Moon. While there are ups and downs throughout the series, it was never this bad.
    Its attempt to make it more 'casual-friendly' is simply too much. A lot of the complexity behind the game    What a lazy, overhyped garbage.
    I have been a fan of the series ever since the very beginning. Munched up Red and Blue, then Yellow, then the amazing Gold, Silver and Crystal alllll the way to Sun and Moon. While there are ups and downs throughout the series, it was never this bad.
    Its attempt to make it more 'casual-friendly' is simply too much.
    A lot of the complexity behind the game is stripped away from the series and now you cannot even battle wild pokemons... all you can do is throw balls at them. and your pokemon gains exp from catching wild pokemon... Let's not debate if that makes any sense, the main issue is it is extremely boring. in contrast, back when you can battle wild pokemon, you can at least test the effectiveness of the your pokemons' skills and have a variety of sorts so it's more interactive than throw a pokeball, catch the pokemon, throw a ball, catch a pokemon, give all the excessive pokemon to professor, throw candy, throw a ball, catch a pokemon, fight a trainer....... this game is god awful and you should avoid it at all costs.

    Even the crystal version available on their online shop is way better value and fun compared to this junk    … Expand
  56. Scrungo
    Nov 23, 2018
    1
    If you want to play a good Red/Blue/Green game, play Firered and Leafgreen for the GBA.
  57. werol2
    Nov 23, 2018
    1
    Pokemon Let's Go is a beautiful looking Game.The Graphics are very polished and you can see Pokemon on the surface, i enjoyed that feature.
    Thats all positive i have to say about this game though. The game felt to me like a beta test of how much content they can cut from a game before people get mad.
    -The coop sounded amazing in theory but it is propably the worst thing about the game.    Pokemon Let's Go is a beautiful looking Game.The Graphics are very polished and you can see Pokemon on the surface, i enjoyed that feature.
    Thats all positive i have to say about this game though. The game felt to me like a beta test of how much content they can cut from a game before people get mad.
    -The coop sounded amazing in theory but it is propably the worst thing about the game. As player 2 you are not only unable to interact with anything in the game but you are mere a teleporting hologram following the protagonist to enable him a 2 v 1 battle. Thats it (well you can stun roaming pokemon for about 1.5 seconds to help the real player catch it more easily). Oh and if the protagonist initiates a 2 v 2 battle you are getting straight up benched. The most anoying thing about coop is that it unbalances the allready ridiculous easy game to a point were it is just not anymore enjoyable.
    -The catching system is straight out of Pokemon Go. I personally didnt enjoy this concept but i get why people would prefer the "throw ball in face feature" over the old fashioned way. What noone should enjoy is that the throwing mechanic is frustratingly unpredictable and shouldnt have left the aplha version of this game.
    -The xp rate of just blindly catching anything you see wins against all other means of getting xp wich leads to the pokemon mass production playstyle we all love from pokemon go. Catch a lot of pokemon > Put them in the "send to oaks blender" > Get Candy > Feed the pokemon that matter. Oh and the pokemon that matters is really just Eevee, wich is so ridiculously overpowered that after teaching it its new abilitys, we at some point had to remove it from the team for ruining the combat experience.
    - The new Breeding experience for the people that love to create the perfect Pokemon is quite non existing. After seeing a ditto pillow in the daycare center i got shortly exited, but then i realized you can put there only one pokemon at a time. Removing another aspect i loved about the main series.
    They just removed pokemons selling points, copied the cashgrab mobile, increased the graphics , increased the price and created the most casual experience i had for a very long time,almost as if this game was targeted towards toddlers.    … Expand
  58. Tricky1
    Nov 25, 2018
    1
    a truly disappointing game that is directed at a hopeful new generation of pokemon player, neglecting those who already love the series. Also dumbed down to an insulting degree,
  59. Karnifex
    Dec 3, 2018
    1
    Before I say anything about this game...I just want to preface by saying that I have been here since the beginning. I have played every Pokemon game that has come out, always anticipating the next one because of how progressively more detailed (yet also simple in game play mechanics) they get as time goes on - how much more content and love seems to be poured in...
    sigh...I am just so    Before I say anything about this game...I just want to preface by saying that I have been here since the beginning. I have played every Pokemon game that has come out, always anticipating the next one because of how progressively more detailed (yet also simple in game play mechanics) they get as time goes on - how much more content and love seems to be poured in...
    sigh...I am just so upset and worried at this point after playing Let's Go. It has so little content and many of the wonderful things that made the game progressively better were suddenly removed (held items, abilities, a ton of moves, BREEDING?!?!, fishing, day/night, wild battles, exp share off/on option, a developed story...) it is just so bare...SO bare that you can play and feel like you're the loneliest person on the planet. I want to attack and fight with my pokemon, not throw balls all day....but that is just me. I worry for the future...I hope they don't use these simplifications for the next game to be released because that will be crushing.
    On a positive note...this game having an IV checker is fantastic and I like being able to easily tell how good or bad my catch is...that is about the only addition I was thrilled with though.
    Please...PLEASE, Nintendo...also realize we are grown-ups now for the most part...intrigue us with something a bit darker if possible next time, or just keep the strategy alive so we are stimulated....    … Expand
  60. BowLL
    Nov 22, 2020
    1
    i'm SERIOUSLY disappointed in the game, it was never the feeling that i had, ready to play a paid pokemon game for the first time, only to find that it was not really with the other games, it's definitely overpriced with a lot of randomness and overly limited mechanics compared to the other games, even seeing the trailer for pokemon sword & shield looked better than this crap that i played.
  61. zhekon03
    Aug 17, 2021
    1
    Игра конченная ! Русского нет, покемонов почти нет, сюжета нет, система не посмотрели на меня значит не сразились. дерьмо, если я прохожу мимо то прохожу мимо, игра типа рассчитано на детей от 6, но ребенок не всегда учит инглиш с 6 лет, я вообще не говорю уже про полную систему типов покемонов, стихий покемонов и т.д. дебилизм, хорошо что я смотрел сериал, а то так бы и не разобрался, иИгра конченная ! Русского нет, покемонов почти нет, сюжета нет, система не посмотрели на меня значит не сразились. дерьмо, если я прохожу мимо то прохожу мимо, игра типа рассчитано на детей от 6, но ребенок не всегда учит инглиш с 6 лет, я вообще не говорю уже про полную систему типов покемонов, стихий покемонов и т.д. дебилизм, хорошо что я смотрел сериал, а то так бы и не разобрался, и даааааааааааааа, выходит следующая игра покемон в 2022 и да там снова будет хуйпойми какой открытый мир, не перевели на русский, кто-нибудь кто это читает, пожалуйста устройтесь в корпорацию Nintendo, и помогите перевести игру прошу, спасибо, ну а так игра в полне дерьмо, да !… Expand
  62. covcha
    Nov 22, 2018
    0
    The game is very casual and lacks content. If you do not have the name and characters of Pokémon the game would not have obtained the sales you have. I really do not recommend it and especially to your fans, I tell them to get as far away as possible from this game.
  63. Skyblue93
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    A dreadful shallow reimagining of Kanto. An embarrassment to Pokémon franchise. Be a better person and stop supporting Gamefreak’s mediocrity.
  64. rubin
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    Minimum effort, maximum profit seems to be the MO at GameFreak and unfortunately this game might be their biggest offender yet. It has the least amount of content of any Pokémon game since the original Red/Blue/Yellow, missing roughly 80% of existing creatures and majority of gameplay staples, while sporting somehow the highest price of admission of any Pokémon game yet (with one of theMinimum effort, maximum profit seems to be the MO at GameFreak and unfortunately this game might be their biggest offender yet. It has the least amount of content of any Pokémon game since the original Red/Blue/Yellow, missing roughly 80% of existing creatures and majority of gameplay staples, while sporting somehow the highest price of admission of any Pokémon game yet (with one of the highly sought after monsters deliberately being put behind a $50 paywall, and the very watered down online features demanding another $20 to be used). Let’s Go also doesn’t do the Nintendo Switch justice in strictly technical terms. In stark contrast to Nintendo’s own blockbusters such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey, the 2.5D world of Let’s Go is made of simple, flat textures with terrible lightning and very limited animations, more fitting for a mobile or handheld game than a fully priced console release. Avoid at all costs.… Expand
  65. VaatiVidya
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Time after time after time, Game Freak fails to innovate. Pokemon has so much potential: Challenging modes, online mmo play, satisfying NPC quests, and much, much more. Instead, we get the same recycled games over and over. This wouldn't even be that bad..but they make them easier every time! Let's Go showers you with so much XP that the entire gameplay system is redundant. Do. Not. Buy.Time after time after time, Game Freak fails to innovate. Pokemon has so much potential: Challenging modes, online mmo play, satisfying NPC quests, and much, much more. Instead, we get the same recycled games over and over. This wouldn't even be that bad..but they make them easier every time! Let's Go showers you with so much XP that the entire gameplay system is redundant. Do. Not. Buy.

    Also, the save system doesn't work properly. It doesn't keep your combo chain while hunting for shinies. Great..    … Expand
  66. mileafly
    Dec 19, 2019
    0
    This is my first Pokemon game and I hate it. I have always wanted to check out the Pokemon series to see what all the fuss is about but I can't bear to play this anymore. I have not played such an easy, completely challange free and brainless game in a long time. The "difficulty level" in this game is simply the most pathetic I have ever seen. This seriously fels like it was made for 5This is my first Pokemon game and I hate it. I have always wanted to check out the Pokemon series to see what all the fuss is about but I can't bear to play this anymore. I have not played such an easy, completely challange free and brainless game in a long time. The "difficulty level" in this game is simply the most pathetic I have ever seen. This seriously fels like it was made for 5 year olds or younger? Also it is super annoying to have to throw my controller at the screen to catch Pokemons, just stop with those things please. I have read some other comments that say the older games are better and more hardcore though so I might check some of them out instead, but this has seriously left a bad taste in my mouth for the whole "Pokemon thing" so I don't know if I even want to do that.… Expand
  67. Fabio
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    I love pokemon games but I hate this one. Cannot understand why Nintendo changed the formula used in the franchising. You can not battle wild pokemon, not exist in random battles. The game have very few in-game contents and the game. Is not worth the money.
  68. Devilsking
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    i used to have unwavering faith in the franchise, went in almost blind expecting great things from this lastest new installation. one advise don't buy this ****
  69. lammatt
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    they raised the price by 20

    they stripped down the game to 20% of what it has always been.

    nuff said
  70. Bun-Bun
    Dec 2, 2018
    0
    No pro controller support, forced gimicky controls on a console promised to go back to its roots.

    Further proof game devs are out of touch with its players.
  71. KOX3D
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    It's been awhile since i've used Metacritic account. However i can't just put up with this disappointing release of a new Pokemon game and if this is how future installments will go, I will probably lose my interest in a franchise. Let's Go Pikachu gives me less content than a game that is 10 years old, which has the same region and pokemon, while adding another bunch from other mons fromIt's been awhile since i've used Metacritic account. However i can't just put up with this disappointing release of a new Pokemon game and if this is how future installments will go, I will probably lose my interest in a franchise. Let's Go Pikachu gives me less content than a game that is 10 years old, which has the same region and pokemon, while adding another bunch from other mons from second generations and a transfer mechanic from third. As graphics go, this game looks like a Chinese mobile game from 2016 with blur effects and no Online support for in-game movement, speaking of movements, other Pokemon games especially if we compare with sun and moon installments are thumbed down, probably for nostalgia goggles purposes to make parents buy this game for their children due to it's simplicity. Game's simplicity makes it look like much worse than any other newer installments, that people ignored. If you want a better experience, but never played a pokemon game before, I would suggest start from Pokemon X and Y on 3DS and play from there and it costs much less.
    As for this game, Avoid.    … Expand
  72. Fumetic
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Well rather than just saying "it's bad," let's take a look at the product as a whole.
    Graphical Quality
    The game has relatively basic graphics. Not abhorrent, but nothing special either. Notable model clipping and models that are somewhat bland doesn't make a huge impact on this game's graphics, although it doesn't really compare to less profitable JRPGs on the same system. When playing, I noticed that there was also some minor text errors. Overall, 4/10. It's not great but not vile either.
    The Gameplay
    The catching of Pokemon mimics the rather poor quality experience I had when playing Pokemon Go, waiting for a circle and throwing a ball. While this seems done to incentivize catching over battling, it doesn't make for a terribly engaging experience and becomes repetitive and boring much faster than even a mediocre health absorbing enemy in a typical JRPG. Online components seem strangely weaker than other Pokemon games or even other games in general on the system, which is odd for a game that utilizes a paid subscription to use the online in the first place. The battles are extremely easy, which isn't a huge negative for the intended audience, but the unfilled movesets, small teams, and weak enemy AI makes one wish for an autobattle function, as there is zero brainpower required to defeat most trainers. The postgame content, something I'd not expect a child to bother with, is insultingly poor, solely consisting of mindlessly grinding out every Pokemon (not just the full evolutions) for a mirror match with an NPC. Overall 1/10 if you're over the target age, 4/10 if under it.
    The Music
    Nothing terribly special. I prefer many of the pieces from Firered and Leafgreen more, but it's passable. Some pieces aren't great but overall 5/10, mediated from the solid 7/10 themes and terrible 2/10 ones.

    Overall, the game is of poor quality. I would not recommend this game for purchase. I cannot return my copy, but I sincerely hope you do not make the same mistake. For children, I would suggest just buying them a nice Lego bucket instead. It would be a better use of the money.
    As a rating, the game is really a 4/10, but as this is a user review I am rating it at 0 to ensure that an impact is made clear to any reading this. Immense buyer's remorse on my part factors into this.    … Expand
  73. Observable
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    Simplified game mechanics, lack of content and lack of content's quality. This game is not what pokémon fans really want. Moreover, the strategy of getting Mew buying he pokeball plus is a robbery.
  74. Ukkoclap
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Dumbed down pokemon game. No ranked online battling, no held items, no breeding, no safari. It's super handholding super casual mode. It's a slap in the face for the long time fans in order to satisfy a new audience which is probably made out mostly of long time fans anyways. If you care any of the things above stay away.
  75. Ryuseii
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    It removes features from a remake that is 14 years old *Fire Red and Leaf Green*, and replaces it with a bad capture system that becomes far more annoying as it goes on. The game made me wish for wild battles once again and the gym road blocks were inexcusable, I mean 50 pokemon caught to battle Koga? That's idiocy. Makes challenge runs like Nuzlockes impossible due to it. BattleIt removes features from a remake that is 14 years old *Fire Red and Leaf Green*, and replaces it with a bad capture system that becomes far more annoying as it goes on. The game made me wish for wild battles once again and the gym road blocks were inexcusable, I mean 50 pokemon caught to battle Koga? That's idiocy. Makes challenge runs like Nuzlockes impossible due to it. Battle animations are pretty bad as well, models look alright but 2 generations behind, I expect more on the switch.
    Slowdown in places like Viridian forest is inexcusable, the Switch can handle Doom just fine so why does Viridian forest of all places slow down. 50 Dollar Paywall to have mew is also horrible, likewise with the crappy method of getting Meltan and especially Melmetal, good luck getting it while the game is relevant outside of cheating. Do not buy, just stick with Fire Red and Leaf Green.    … Expand
  76. Simoncino
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Pokémon GO: Console Edition. Easier, simpler, tasteless.
    No abilities. No day/night cycle. No weather. No fishing. No breeding. No end-game.
    Nice graphics and such things are not enough.
  77. mariomario190
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    I am painfully disappointed with this cash grab Nintendo’s decided to shove up all up in our faces. Shameless cash grab with little effort put into any of it. This game is Baddy Bad.
    /
  78. Roggiiieee
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Make Pokemon Good Again!

    It's a simple formula and yet Nintendo can't seem to make a classic and enjoyable pokemon game anymore.
  79. Hypelastika
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    as a guy who played pokemon since gen and loved it i have to say that this pokemon game also knows as pokemon lets go pikachu is very not good in my humble eyes the graphics are good but basically just 3DS graphics in higher resolution also no random encounters you just throw the ball and catch them with 0 challenge the first game was not hard too but at least you could die this game youas a guy who played pokemon since gen and loved it i have to say that this pokemon game also knows as pokemon lets go pikachu is very not good in my humble eyes the graphics are good but basically just 3DS graphics in higher resolution also no random encounters you just throw the ball and catch them with 0 challenge the first game was not hard too but at least you could die this game you can't really die it's almost like nintendo was like: " hey Regie i have an idea what if we remake pokemon blue and red again with the 3DS graphics on a higher resolution and instead of making it challenging we gonna make it like pokemon go so you can play the game literraly blind and with your hand tied up , Regie : Great idea Earl" yep it's a very easy game you don't fight much and you can easy win everything pokemon was never hard tho because you can level up super fast and kill bosses or gym leaders with almost 6 or 9 hits :O , also this game you only have 151 pokemon which is understanable because it's kinda aremake but still adding more pokimen would be really cool also i don't think they did a good job with the overall story because it's missing that "PogChamp" feeling if you know what i mean you only have to catch them all and then youre cool if you know what i kinda mean dude man bro dude also this game is $60 which is LMAO IMO it should be like $30 because pokemon is very easy and for babies and kids yea… Expand
  80. ryudoshi
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Baby mode difficulty, you can solo the entire game in under 15 hours with your starter pokemon.
    No held items, No abilities, no wild battles.
    New moves for Eevee and Pikachu sound like a toddler came up with them, I mean **** Baddy bad REALLY?

    Literally babies first pokemon game, but with zero depth.

    ALSO LOL AT THESE TEN SCORE REVIEWS, HAHAHAHAHAHA.
  81. Amadeus_mozart
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Horrible, casualisation, motion gaming horrible, we lost the fight against pokemon :/
  82. SurgeOfDurge
    Mar 24, 2020
    0
    Way too old in terms of effective playability for the player to enjoy. Button mashing in order to get past walls of texts like any other Japanese game. Limited gameplay. Simplicity. Lack of options in settings. Bad co-op. Half-assed customization. Repetitive.
  83. Veiled
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    Una basura como un piano, un insulto a la saga Pokemon con el único objetivo de atraer casuals encima usando el efecto nostalgia de la manera mas rastrera posible. No se merecen ni un 1 de valoración, que se centren en hacer un Pokemon de verdad y no esta porqueria.
  84. OctolingRift
    Feb 10, 2019
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Only 153 Pokemon, and a few alternate forms despite previous remake FRLG having all Pokemon from Gen 1-3
    No Sevii Islands despite FRLG having them
    Is for kids, but requires them to pay $50 and/or $20 and/or walk several miles with a phone draining battery app that also needs cellular data to 100% the game (Super Sonic being $2 doesn’t seem so bad now)
    Despite an annual subscription for online play, there are less features than the 3DS games such as wonder trade, battle spot, and the GTS
    No wild battles
    No Safari
    No games at the game corner, just text
    Animations are completely recycled from USUM, including the walking animations for Pokemon
    Blastoise shoots Hydro Pump from its forehead
    Gym Requirements force you to have an advantage over the gym
    They also made traditional nuzlocke rules impossible
    Exp share can not be turned off
    Lance uses **** Seadra simply because Kingdra isn’t in the game, as with the case with many bosses
    The champion has no Pokemon with 4 moves
    Red himself uses a Fire Blast Machamp without No Guard or Specs
    AVs increase stats beyond what stats normally can be and can be maxed out in every stat, making Mega Slowbro+Chansey Core nearly unbreakable
    Btw Megas don’t require items since no Pokemon can hold items
    No abilities either
    They didn’t bother making a skeleton aerodactyl for the museum
    Co op is wasted potential with it making battle 2v1s with P1’s team and no other functions    … Expand
  85. udips
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This is a spit in the face for long term fans. I'm afraid for the future of this franchise.
  86. Kratosine
    Nov 18, 2018
    0
    Masuda ha delirado al hacer este juego, quien pensaría que seria buena idea hacer una versión tan casualizada y despojarla de todo lo que lo hacia un buen juego de Pokemon, es simplemente decepcionante en todos los ámbitos, lo único rescatable es la música y los gráficos, pero todo lo demás esta mal.
  87. Talix
    Dec 14, 2018
    0
    An utterly lazy attempt at nostalgia cash-in that takes a backwards step in every way. Pokemon games have reached the pinnacle of stagnation with Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Evee where the formula is stripped down to bare-bones mechanics. The game is designed to allow you to play with one hand, presumably so you can browse on your phone at the same time - a good move since the game is soAn utterly lazy attempt at nostalgia cash-in that takes a backwards step in every way. Pokemon games have reached the pinnacle of stagnation with Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu!/Evee where the formula is stripped down to bare-bones mechanics. The game is designed to allow you to play with one hand, presumably so you can browse on your phone at the same time - a good move since the game is so boring. The argument that this game makes Pokemon more accessible is utterly and completely flawed - Pokemon games were designed for kids, and kids aren't stupid. By removing anything that might be considered challenging (safari zone, bikes, battling wild POKEMON, ect) they have found a away to make yet-another-re-make with a new and worse twist. Pokemon needs new ideas, not stripped down games that don't meet the standards of a mobile game.… Expand
  88. Alberian
    Nov 19, 2018
    0
    Esperaba con emoción esta entrega para considerar los futuros cambios o proyectos que gamefreak nos quería mostrar con esta edición de pokemon, pero lamentablemente me encuentro con una pobre versión de pokemon amarillo que ni siquiera es un pokemon completo sino que uno debe limitarse al juego casual que se ha convertido. Uno como fan espera cambios grandes después de años y generacionesEsperaba con emoción esta entrega para considerar los futuros cambios o proyectos que gamefreak nos quería mostrar con esta edición de pokemon, pero lamentablemente me encuentro con una pobre versión de pokemon amarillo que ni siquiera es un pokemon completo sino que uno debe limitarse al juego casual que se ha convertido. Uno como fan espera cambios grandes después de años y generaciones de entregas, pero un cambio como agregar el sistema de pokemon go es una porquería porque en vez de agregar cosas nuevas es más de lo mismo. Los gráficos pasables pero se podría esperar mucho más para la tan ansiada espera que nos vendieron a muchos. Los fanboys de pokemon no aprenden y aceptan cualquier producto merchandising de pokemon, sin ser críticos, es por estas cosas que nos entregan productos tan pobres al precio de un triple A porque no toman en consideración la calidad. Este juego que lo compre el que nunca a comprado pokemon, pero a los que vienen años comprando todas las versiones y conocemos del juego simplemente esto una burla, al menos se queda la supuesta consideración que sacaran otro pokemon de nueva generación.… Expand
  89. the_critique
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game is boring, lazy, it looks bad. I don't recomment it to anyone. You're better off playing HG/SS or FR/LG.
  90. Calibur-X
    Jan 18, 2019
    0
    LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME LAME -
  91. LightCreed
    Nov 20, 2018
    0
    As a long time pokemon fan I was hoping what gamefreak what do next to improve the pokemon generations from handheld to home consoles and one of the recent pokemon spinoff releases was pokemon let's go a direct sequel of pokemon go and it is disappointing and heres why.

    To start of it is an obvious gen 1 remake which we already got second putting in that format will have many people    As a long time pokemon fan I was hoping what gamefreak what do next to improve the pokemon generations from handheld to home consoles and one of the recent pokemon spinoff releases was pokemon let's go a direct sequel of pokemon go and it is disappointing and heres why.

    To start of it is an obvious gen 1 remake which we already got second putting in that format will have many people having questions about this game and it is important that you give them that response however what we got is a boring spinoff that has no challenge and removes wild battles, abilities, breeding, and much more which core pokemon games had. And since this is targeted towards kids it will make it sell better right? wrong nintendo did that with the wii u and guess what it had very weak sales and the console was weak compared to the xbox one and ps4 and seeing how super smash bros ultimate shows all the details sakurai has worked through and with promising gameplay buy that instead. besides this game has the most laughable graphics I've ever seen while the pokemon is on point same can't be said with the main characters and npcs but people wil defend this game by saying well what's wrong of it's chibi? freakin sun and moon and it's sequel showed actual models of the humans and that is a huge step forward for the 3ds while it held your hand it still had the core features it's post game content was somewhat alright and there was some challenges. here this game holds your hand a lot it tells you which pokemon to catch and what level your pokemon need to be in order to pass the gym what the heck whatever happened to freedom of catching them leveling them after battles it just makes the game even more easier than it already is. Plus this game doesn't have post game content even oras had the delta episodes and that was amazing this game has master trainers which is honestly a joke. plus why cant i play this game with two joy cons besides handheld mode come on and the pokeball plus is not worth it at all .

    In conclusion, despite being a spinoff this game has the least effort put in to the game, it has less of the main pokemon appeal, it is very easy, and getting mew frim the useless peripheral is just not right since mew is supposed to be rare not something that can be obtained immediately. plus this game needs more pokemon, firered and leadgreen can allow you to catch gen 2-3 pokemon and even gen 2 allows you to go back to gen 1 which was amazing. I dont recommend anyone to buy this save your money    … Expand
  92. Chrom1
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Unchallenging, unremarkable, and unimpressive. A step in the wrong direction overall.
  93. MoonDark
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    I'm dissapointed by this game ....it's the worst Pokemon game ever . A commercial move of course .... Nintendo MOVE your ass and develope a very Pokemon game on Switch !!!
  94. hotglaceon
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    Such a lazy, shallow attempt to pander to nostalgia it should be illegal
    gamefreak is a million dollar company and this is what they **** out? This is your brain on mobile.
  95. Gallego
    Nov 15, 2019
    0
    Un juego excesivamente fácil, con todas las mecánicas menos las capturas simplificadas y muy infantilizado. Justo lo contrario que necesita esta saga. Perfecto para casuals y niños entre 2 y 4 años, terrible para veteranos que llevamos años apoyando la saga. Tema de monturas y que los pokémon aparezcan sueltos por el mundo es una increíble adición, pero no compensa todos los puntos flojosUn juego excesivamente fácil, con todas las mecánicas menos las capturas simplificadas y muy infantilizado. Justo lo contrario que necesita esta saga. Perfecto para casuals y niños entre 2 y 4 años, terrible para veteranos que llevamos años apoyando la saga. Tema de monturas y que los pokémon aparezcan sueltos por el mundo es una increíble adición, pero no compensa todos los puntos flojos de este juego. Una gran decepción y un juego lamentable. Lo mejor es olvidarse que existe este juego y esperar al de 2019. Ademas añadir que solo hay 150 pokemon, muy corto en contenido.… Expand
  96. Kingler
    Nov 17, 2018
    0
    Let's Go has removed all interesting features and stripped the game down to it's bare minimum core mechanics. You will be bored of this game
  97. AlJolly
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This game is the apotheosis of Junichi Masuda's lazy design ethos. What we expected from the first HD Pokémon game was nothing short of the standard set by Breath of the Wild. Instead we got this lazy cash grab shovelware title.

    This game is more notable in what features are removed than those added. Namely, 600 Pokémon have been culled, abilities and held items removed, and all    This game is the apotheosis of Junichi Masuda's lazy design ethos. What we expected from the first HD Pokémon game was nothing short of the standard set by Breath of the Wild. Instead we got this lazy cash grab shovelware title.

    This game is more notable in what features are removed than those added. Namely, 600 Pokémon have been culled, abilities and held items removed, and all pretense of challenge is gone. Even the battle animations are lazy, and look worse than they did in 20 year old Pokémon Stadium from the N64.

    The graphics are inexcusably cheap and ugly, evoking the look of your average mobile game. The return to a blocky isometric overworld and chibi trainer models is jarring in a 2018 Switch game. The same dozen or so assets get copy/pasted ad nauseam. A stroll through Viridian Forest looks much as it did in 1999 on the Gameboy Color, and that's not a good thing!

    Overall, this game is a cheap cash grab that tarnishes the brand and sets low expectations for the 2019 titles. I hope the bad will Gamefreak has sown among its erstwhile biggest fans was worth luring a few suckers into paying for $49.99 Mew DLC. Junichi Masuda and Gamefreak should be ashamed.    … Expand
  98. Robert95
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    It's a **** game for to the casual people but really horrible, it's like an ORAS in HD but with much less content.
  99. Lorenzogalli
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I bought this game to get a confrmation of everything. (This game is a joke).
    First of all it's a 3ds/mobile game with chibi models ported on a Gaming Console, we are in 2018.. why?
    The 3ds games are graphically better (Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun/Moon, even Omega Ruby/Sapphire)
    Every important moves, abilities are removed (really important on a mainline game, this looks like a spinoff), other gens pokemons also the evolutions are removed, egg system is removed.
    No battle encounter, the stats of every pokemon are broke, the catch system is clean by the way.
    A level 19 Drowzee can beat a level 70 Drowzee master trainer.. When i tested i was like, what the hell is this... ( You can literally sweep the entire super 4 with a lvl 19 pokemon)
    During a battle my eevee got frozen, but when i changed him he walked back to me without any problem (wtf? you can't come back you should be frozen).
    In 2018 a Blastoise keep using hydro pump with its head instead the cannons(I'm comfused).
    During a legendary battle, if you soft reser to get it shiny, in the overworld wil still look normal.
    The normal mons in the overworld can be found shiny, but not the legendary (only during the battle).
    You can't ride a ninetales and a pidgeot, but you can ride a starmie and a haunter.
    The protagonists are kids (the 90% of the community is over 20)
    The rival should be a real rival, but it's a little friendly kid that fight you in name of love..
    The npcs are more rivals than your rival.
    The battle theme of Giovanni, the boss of team rocket, is now the same as every team rocket npc.
    Walking around the street, you can notice that there is shadow over houses but not on you.
    No sevii island, no Johto region (You can tell me, yeah it's a remake) but what's the excuse about megas? They are not part of pokemon yellow, also some johto npc are inside of this game.
    Day and night cycle is removed, if you want some night vibes you must go to Sabrina gym.
    Frame rate drops on viridian forest, come on...

    This game is unofficially a bad made spinoff (They are telling us that this is a mainline game).
    The next year Mondial league luckily will be in Ultra Sun and Moon and not on this spinoff game.
    If they are telling that this is a mainline game, then future games will be like this.

    Even the kids of my city are disappointed and laughed at this game, we are in 2018 and a 10 years old kid know everything and also expect nice games.
    This game doesn't deserve to be on a gaming console, it should be on a phone store.
    Who buy gaming consoles want a gaming console game and not a phone game, otherwise what would be the purpose to buy a gaming console?    … Expand
  100. kirsbush
    Nov 16, 2018
    0
    They've totally sacrificed the appeal of Pokemon. It's obvious that they pandered to one market while sacrificing another.
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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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