Current Events > Can anyone explain to me exactly what Pokemon: Let's Go (Switch) is?

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At first I thought it was a remake of Red/Blue, but it seems different.
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Its a waste of money
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It's a dumbed down remake using GO mechanics for catching and GO connectivity as the main selling point.

It's a remake of Red and Blue with Pokemon Go mechanics.
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Dumbed-down reimagining of Pokemon Yellow with GO mechanics added in.

Also has less content than the last remakes of Gen 1 did.
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It's a barebones remake of Yellow meant specifically for people who have never played a mainline Pokemon game before. It features:

- Greater focus on interactions with the starter. It's always by your side on the overworld even if it's not in your active party, will regularly respond to the environment and events, plays a part in the story, can be dressed in various outfits, and you can play with it using the touch screen like the Amie and Refresh features in the 3DS games but apparently to a greater extent.
- Wild Pokemon encounters are no longer battles. Instead, they work similarly to Pokemon GO, where you have to manually throw Poke Balls to catch Pokemon. You aim with either motion controls or the analog stick, and some Pokemon will move erratically to dodge your Poke Balls. If you keep missing, or are just unlucky and they won't stay in the Poke Ball, they might run away. There are items you can use to make catching easier. So basically, it's Safari Zone rules at all times except you have to aim.
- Legendary Pokemon are still battled, and once you KO them you get a chance to throw Poke Balls. It's not known if you just get to keep throwing Poke Balls, if it's guaranteed at that point, or if they'll revive after enough failures.
- Connectivity with Pokemon GO, letting you transfer over Pokemon you've caught in it.
- Local co-op lets a second player take the other Joy-Con and help you catch Wild Pokemon or battle Trainers. A second person throwing Poke Balls can make it easier to hit moving targets, or if both of you throw a Poke Ball at the same time and they both hit, it can raise the catch rate. In Single Battles, you gang up on enemies 2v1, and in Double Battles the second player simply takes control of your second Pokemon.
- Many battle mechanics from later generations are missing. While all the changes made to stats seem to be present like Special becoming Sp. Atk and Sp. Def, or Natures, for actual mechanics it seems like only the Physical/Special move category split from Diamond and Pearl might be back. Hold Items from Gold and Silver and Abilities from Ruby and Sapphire are definitely gone.
- Only the first 151 plus two new Pokemon are in the game. The two new Pokemon need you to play Pokemon GO to obtain them.
- Mega Evolution from Pokemon X and Y, as well as Regional Forms from Pokemon Sun and Moon return. You can get Regional Forms from in-game trades, but if you want more than one, or one with your own nickname, you'll probably need to transfer them from GO. Some people think there may be new Mega Evolutions, due to new trademarks made for certain Pokemon, but I wouldn't bet on it.
- When you release Pokemon into the wild, you get "Candy" items which can be used to raise stats.
- Any of your Pokemon can follow you on the overworld.
- There are some story changes like the main character and rival being explicitly different characters from the ones in the originals. Red and Blue appear as their own characters, as well as the unused female protagonist Green, probably in some short post-game story.
- HMs are gone. Instead you get Key Items that you use with your starter that serve the same purpose.
- The game goes out of its way more to hold the player's hand. For example, to enter Gyms you need to first catch or raise a Pokemon that meets a certain requirement, such as being of a super-effective type or a certain level. You don't have to use those Pokemon once you get in, though.
- There's a special Joy-Con shaped like a Poke Ball made only for this game, so it's like you're really throwing those Poke Balls. You can store a Pokemon inside for a not quite virtual pet-like experience. It can also be used with Pokemon GO to catch Pokemon without having to unlock your phone. It's like $40~$50.
- At the moment, the only way to get Mew is as a bonus for buying that Joy-Con.
- There's online multiplayer, but only with friends.

That's basically everything both appealing and off-putting about the game.