Oh my god... that's... no, just no. I did not need to see the old ass Pokémon animation style done in CG form. And I really wish I didn't.

Jesus Christ.

To be fair the Pokemon themselves look better but goddamn they didn't even get Ash's cheek lines

The Pokémon look great. I was already on board with them when the first teaser came out.

The humans though - ouch.

The final evolution form reminds me of a Digimon (I can't remember which one). I hope the fire starter does not become a fire/fighter type because I'm so sick of that type combo.

That’s actually not Digimon, it’s Sonic.

Second stage is normal Sonic, Third stage is Sonic from the Sonic Boom cartoon.

As someone who lives in the UK I have been very much enjoying the memes that have been coming out of this game's announcement.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0bxaDMWoAE4GDp.jpg

https://twitter.com/Navy_Raccoon/sta...75000469094401

https://twitter.com/Lanmanigans/stat...06079407943681

https://twitter.com/Merryweatherey/s...81942331908096

https://twitter.com/LucarioOcarina/s...16282176679936

Might actually appreciate this game's region a bit more although I don't think my hometown is going to be represented in it. Going to try and avoid leaks whenever possible, three years ago all the final evolutions of the starter Pokemon got leaked in June/July by China and they eventually turned out to be real, so I'd rather avoid looking at leaked designs in case they turn out to be the real thing.

I was only worried about the Sun/Moon leaks because upon seeing Primarina, I wanted nothing more than her being real, so that turning out to be true made me smile with glee~

Right with you there, Primarina is simply FABULOUS! :D

Primarina has a special place in my heart because Popplio was the very first Shiny I ever hatched in a Pokémon game back in Moon, and it was on the very first egg and I wasn’t even trying at all.

I'm glad to hear there are others that understand the greatness of Primarina!

I also have a Shiny Primarina, but unlike you, I wasn't so lucky. Took me more than a couple tries :lol

You lucky sons a bitches and your shiny Primarina. :lol

Reminds me of my first shiny in Pokemon Sun. Hatched a shiny Rowlet in only 40 eggs without a shiny charm.

If it's any consolation, I think Primarina's base color is better than her shiny form :lol

Same.. but to be fair, that's MOST of my favorite pokemon. :p

So Detective Pikachu got "leaked" on the internet by an account called "Inspector Pikachu". It's long enough to think the whole movie got leaked... but in actual fact it's just Pikachu dancing for nearly the whole video... xD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAA_yWX8ycQ

Naturally, people, including myself, have been putting it to different music...

https://twitter.com/GenericAperson/s...74045963288576

Who has seen Detective Pikachu yet? What's everyone's opinion on it?

It's enjoyable. It's not going to blow you away, but it's a nice film, especially for Pokemon fans.

Uwe Boll is not a fan of Detective Pikachu

https://letterboxd.com/uwebollraw/fi...ctive-pikachu/

Uwe Boll doesn't even like his own fans.

Still feels surreal that we have a live action Pokemon movie. It seems like Detective Pikachu didn't make Pokemon more mainstream like Michael Bay did with Transformers.

I mean. Pokemon is already one of if not THE most popular best selling multimedia franchises out there. Kind of hard to get more mainstream than Pokemon

Even with Pokemania over, yeah, Pokemon is still one of the largest multimedia franchises out there, with most kids still talking about it nonstop, not to mention Twitter blowing up upon the reveal of Sword/Shield.

It's not like Transformers, which just had it's target demo during the Unicron Trilogy, then suddenly bursting back into the main eye of everyone who was around for the original who had long forgotten that the franchise existed.

Detective Pikachu is a big budget live action PG rated movie, you are not going to get the same audience that you would from a Michael Bay movie. You have plenty of adults that still like Pokemon. The stigma of being a loser for liking Pokemon as an adult will always exist. No movie is going to change that.

There’s a Pokémon press conference slated for 9PM EST tomorrow followed by a Pokémon Direct on June 5th at 9AM EST where we’re guaranteed new info on Sword/Shield.

Sword & Shield officially drop November 15! :D

I gotta say that Direct footage was absolutely and entirely unappealing to me.

I didn’t bother playing Sun & Moon or anything beyond and this isn’t getting me excited either.

Happy for those who look forward to playing it though.

I really like the changes being done but I'm not buying it for certain. That being said some details shown off confirm a leak that has plot details, new Pokemon details and evolution details. Also it's honestly sad that NotSif was trending on twitter yet nobody cared about the shield one

So this might be a legit leaker as this was posted a couple weeks ago.

https://boards.fireden.net/v/thread/463209182/

And if this is true then I am feel bad for the fire users.

I'm surprise Armor Evolutions won't be this gen's gimmick.

If Farfetch'd does get an evo, it better be fucking good. My boy has been waiting since 1996 to get good. They better not botch it.

I'm near certain that Anon meant "pure fire."
High attack, high speed, Stick-compatible, signature Flying high-crit move and Sniper.

Goes out, select Focus Energy, Win.

Well I’m not getting Sword/Shield (or a Switch) until they patch this

https://www.twitter.com/SerebiiNet/s...94564078108674

Yeah no they aren't going to patch that if they couldn't be arsed to patch megastones in XY

Also fuck off Game Freak that new gym leader is cool and all but why can't people have the same skin tone as that in game?

Yeah Sword and Shield is, uh, it's not. It's not looking great so far. Not at all. So far not seeing much of a reason to be interested compared to the likes of Mario Maker 2, Metroid Prime 4 etc.

Mario Maker 2 has that really dumb thing with online multiplayer, but it's certainly nowhere near as bad as this. This is just so dumb.

Actually they're working on that Mario Maker 2 problem

Yup! Just saw the news about that; so even more of a reason not to give a shit about Sword/Shield!

Though admittedly, this little Dark/Fairy fellow makes it difficult to not be interested
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...NxWsAI-0uI.png

I'm hyped about Sword/Shield.
https://scontent.fapa1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...1f&oe=5D8F2E61

Because goddamn~

That is a character design and all, but like, if I can't transfer up Infernape and Rayquaza what's the point

Start anew?
I'm not lamenting being unable to transfer my Pokemon Red Charizard.