It’s been a big day forPokemonnews that has fans cheering the world over. While the first expansion releases today withPokemon SwordandPokemon Shield’sIsle of Armor, it seems that developer Game Freak is already moving towards the next entry in the franchise.
Game Freak announced via the official Japanese twitter account that it is looking for 23 new employees to join the team. The translated line that is getting the most attention is that this team will be focused on the goal to “create a new entry in the Pokemon core series,” but it seems unlikely this core entry will be related toPokemon SwordandShield.
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Many wonder what the next steps are for a newPokemongame to follow the wildlysuccessfulSwordandShieldgamesthat made their debut on the Switch. Debate has spread online as to what the “core” series refers to in this tweet, and some have quickly latched onto the notion that this next entry will be the long awaitedPokemon DiamondandPokemon Pearlremakes.
The rumor mill has been active for some time now with numerous hints thatPokemon DiamondandPokemon Pearlremakes are in the works with some of the additional content found in the third entry of the generation,Pokemon Platinum. Some fans expected an announcement of the games back in January and just last month fans uncovered the possiblenames for theDiamondandPearlremakes.
This tweet comes alongside a day that has been filled to the brim withPokemonnews. The announcement that has garnered themost attention is the newPokemon Snap. Coming a full 21 years since the original release back on the Nintendo 64, a new entry in thePokemon Snapseries has missed three entire generations of consoles. The game titledNew Pokemon Snapis being developed by Bandai Namco who has become quite the development partner with Nintendo properties.
While today’s “Pokemon Presents” has been met with fan adoration, Poke-fanatics won’t have to wait long until the next presentation. The next entry in thePokemonflavored Directs is coming on June 24. It’s very possible that the debate on what that next “core entry” means might be solved sooner than most would have expected, while rumors suggest it may be also be another Let’s Go duo of games.
As forPokemon SwordandShieldfans, today is the first step in the expansion adventure asIsle of Armorofficially releases. It was just yesterday that news broke that the expansion will introducelevel-scaling toPokemon SwordandShieldfor the first time in the franchise.
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