Why Nintendo's New 'Pokémon: Let's Go' Titles Are The Perfect Play at Nostalgia

For veteran fans and curious newcomers. HYPEBEAST [Features]( July 20, 2018 [Why Nintendo's New 'Pokémon: Let's Go' Titles Are The Perfect Play at Nostalgia]( For veteran fans and curious newcomers. [Nintendo]( NINTENDO In the past several years, the entertainment industry has witnessed a surge of reboots and remakes. Across film, television and video games, media franchises like Star Wars, Dragon Ball, God of War and The Karate Kid have found new footing. One franchise, though, has broken the mold in terms of establishing global prominence. Whereas other titles have dipped in and out of popularity, Pokémon has steadily retained its pop-culture relevance. Launched more than 20 years ago, nostalgia has played a key role in its unyielding success and the title's gaming-focused culture is longing for more. Now, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! are exactly the next projects that will satisfy the title’s nostalgic die-hard fans but more importantly, garner new ones, helping Pokémon spread its cultural dominance even wider. The Pokèmon phenomena began in the late ‘90s with a breakout anime series, a trading card game that as of March 2014 has sold over 21.5 billion cards to 74 countries in 10 languages, and later a theatrical film that grossed $163.6 million USD worldwide and spawned over 17 feature-length movies. However, what started this sensation was the release of Nintendo Game Boy’s Pokémon Red/Green by Game Freak in 1996. Released two years later in America as Pokémon Red/Blue, the titles introduced an entire generation to video game role-playing mechanics and the age-old past time of collecting. Specifically for the die-hard fans, the game established the Kanto region — a part of the world the games have revisited more than any other setting featured in the Game Freak titles. The games will support cooperative multiplayer - a feature fans new and old have awaited for decades. [Pokémon]( THE POKÉMON COMPANY Longtime Pokémon fans have been waiting for the franchise to make its transition to a Nintendo home console since its first game on the Game Boy. Many have anticipated a Game Freak Poké title with enhanced graphics, gameplay, and new innovative ways to collect their favorite monsters in a way handheld systems like the Game Boy or the Nintendo DS couldn’t produce with its limited hardware. With the newly announced Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee, we’re getting just that. The graphics build on the 3D graphics Pokémon X/Y presented, making Let’s Go’s enhanced 3D graphics appear as less of a tease of things to come and more of an introduction to the future of the franchise. All of this is thanks to Nintendo’s new mobile home console the Switch, which combined its hardware and system exclusive titles with the mobility and exclusive games previously reserved for Game Boy and DS handhelds like Pokémon. Pokémon: Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee sets players back in the nostalgic Kanto region from Red/Blue, but this time in a fully realized capacity from its monochrome days and even its colorful Game Boy Advance remakes FireRed and LeafGreen. The games will support cooperative multiplayer – a feature fans new and old have awaited for decades. If another player shakes a second Joy-Con, they will join the current player and will be able to partake in battles with Pokémon trainers and wild Pokémon encounters, allowing them to aid in the catching of wild Pokémon. [READ FULL ARTICLE ON HYPEBEAST →](   [Go To Preference Centre](     [More HYPEBEAST Features]( [[FASHION]( [Watch Alexander Wang Take Us Behind The Scenes of His "COLLECTION 1" Show]( [[GIVEAWAYS]( [HYPEBEAST & Grailed Are Giving Away 5 Coveted Raf Simons Parkas]( Get The App Free on iOS and Android Follow 2018 HYPEBEAST Limited. All Rights Reserved [Manage Subscriptions]( [Unsubscribe]( You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to HYPEBEAST's marketing emails. You can unsubscribe from us any time by clicking [here](. Our Mailing Address: HYPEBEAST, 12F, 10-16 Kwai Ting Road, Kwai Chung, Hong Kong