The state of the Pokemon franchise is very interesting. On the one hand, the series is still riding off the 2022 that they had, which saw record sales in many respects. However, their beloved mobile title seems to be trickling off with its profits, the main anime has ended and been replaced, and The Pokemon Company isn’t on the best terms with fans. If you’re not sure why that is, you clearly haven’t played Gen 9 and seen all the bugs that have yet to be fixed. However, despite that, Pokemon Black and White has been pegged as the “key to the future” for the mainline titles.
Confused? You wouldn’t be alone on that front. This all started when a famous Poke-leaker dropped clues about what might be coming next. If you recall, they said the upcoming DLC would “tease the future” via its next mainline title. Fast forward a bit and one person said they “cracked the code” of the leaker, and the leaker quoted their tweet and basically confirmed that we’re heading back to Unova.
2022: PLA (Past)2022: SV (Present)2024: ??? (Unova) (Future?) https://t.co/WrIJEZrjRw
Obviously, this isn’t confirmed by any stretch of the imagination, but it is something that many fans are taking seriously for one reason or another. But what does it mean that we’re “returning to Unova”? The easy answer is that we’d get a remaster/remake for Pokemon Black and White, but the leaker said it wasn’t that simple.
They hinted that this would be a new title, and that has people thinking that it could be a game in the style of Pokemon Legends Arceus. While a bold move at the time, the game set the tone for Gen 9 and changed the gameplay mechanics of the series in a way that many people enjoyed and want to return to.
In that vein, that would mean that a legendary
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