Pokemon Let's Go Needs To Refine Its Scope

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When Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee were unveiled in mid 2018, they were met with varied interest from fans with a significant dash of skepticism. Due to the previous remakes of Pokemon's Gen 1 games with FireRed and LeafGreen and given the striking similarities to Pokemon GO, it was difficult not to see the games as an effort to cash in on Gen 1 nostalgia and Pokemon GO's popularity. Despite this, the Pokemon Let's Go games were generally well-received, with some even congratulating Game Freak for bringing classic Pokemon games to a younger unfamiliar audience.

However, following the release of the first two games in what was presumably a new spin-off series from Game Freak, no further entries have been made under the Let's Go title. The future of the series then remains in limbo, as for the time being Game Freak seems focused on other games with the exciting prospects of Pokemon Legends and remakes being handed over to third-party developers. If Let's Go is to have a chance at competing on the same platform that both mainline Pokemon games and Legends: Arceus currently occupy, then it's going to need to refine its scope, and cover its weaknesses.

Game Freak Should Revisit Older Shiny Pokemon Designs

Let's Go carries more markers of a spin-off series than a series of remakes. Core mechanics to the game are substantially changed, such as replacing wild Pokemon battles with Pokemon GO-inspiredencounters, and the game followed efforts to align the mainline series with the Pokemon anime as had been reflected in Pokemon Yellow. To this end, Game Freak should approach the series as an opportunity to reimagine its original games and avoid dubbing them as remakes, as ultimately this would detract from the hybrid potential