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Pokémon Games Are Coming To Nintendo NX
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, The Pokémon Company president Tsunekazu Ishihara bolstered rumors that the Nintendo NX will be a console/handheld hybrid, while simultaneously pledging game support for the mysterious system.
Although much of the WSJ article focuses on the success of Pokémon Go, Ishihara did have some promising words for those who have been pining for a console version of Pokémon since the original release of Red and Blue.
"The NX is trying to change the concept of what it means to be a home console device or a hand-held device," Ishihara told WSJ. "We will make games for the NX."
While Ishihara doesn't say what those games will be, The Pokémon Company only oversees Pokémon games, along with the trading cards, toys, and other licensed merchandise of the franchise. That doesn't preclude the possibility of a Pokémon Snap or Stadium-style spinoff for the NX instead of a mainline RPG entry, but if the NX is both a home console and a handheld (as rumors and now Ishihara suggest), that means the main series could conceivably show up on it.
In the meantime, the latest series entry, Pokémon Sun and Moon, will release on November 18. For more on the game, check out the Eight Big Changes Sun and Moon are introducing, along with the 50+ new monsters you'll be catching.
[Source: The Wall Street Journal]
Our Take
The dream of a home
console version of Pokémon ranks right up there with a new 2D Metroid for many Nintendo
fans. Between the sky-high popularity of Pokémon Go earlier this summer and the
potential of the NX merging the home and handheld markets, the odds of a
souped-up sequel seem better than ever.
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