Saving it until (almost) last and taking approximately thirty minutes to get there makes very little sense, but the same could be said for the entire presentation. Pokemon Masters turned out to be the only understandable reveal of this whole conference.
POKEMON SLEEP REVEAL FULL
Departing with the line “that’s it from Niantic on the subject of sleep,” this conference finally achieved full parody. Hanke then abruptly introduced a timed incentive for Pokemon Go featuring Snorlax, naturally. The CEO of Pokemon Go developers Niantic, Hanke proceeded to discuss his company’s role in Pokemon Sleep - oh, I thought it was over too! “We’re excited to find ways to reward good sleep habits,” says the head of a multi-million dollar game developer in only the second most bizarre sentence of the evening. The pace at which things transition felt so laboured and yet, we had new arrivals onto the stage seemingly very quickly. This only makes the announcement even more bizarre.
POKEMON SLEEP REVEAL PLUS
The device can be used as a regular Pokemon Go Plus device to discover Pokestops and progress in that game, but it will also act as a sleep tracker for Pokemon Sleep, with results delivered to smartphones via Bluetooth. Discussing the recent lineage of Pokemon themed peripherals like the Pokeball controller and Pokemon Plus, Maruyama pulled a flat, Pokeball-shaped, device from his breast pocket - Pokemon Go Plus+. Details on how that works were nonexistent, which only makes me want to ask all of the questions!Ĭoupled with this reveal, Kazuhiro Maruyama (from Nintendo’s Device Development Group) took the stage. “The concept of this game is for players to look forward to waking up every morning,” says with new “entertainment” being created by time spent sleeping and regular waking times. Developed in conjunction with Magikarp Jump developer Select Button, this new game(?) will reward players with good sleeping habits. Inspired by the success of Pokemon Go and its health-conscious initiatives, Pokemon Sleep will reward players for catching Z’s instead of Pokemon. Now, there’s a sentence I never thought I’d read! Yes, Pokemon Sleep - where “Pokemon turns sleep into entertainment”. This lasted about thirty seconds as Pokemon Sleep was revealed. The service will launch in 2020.įollowing a confusing start, things now seemed back on track. It’s something hardcore players should be excited about - especially where Pokemon Go’s region-specific Pokemon are concerned. You can access your stash and trade via smartphone too.
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Pokemon Home is a cloud storage solution for Pokemon and encompasses the 3DS games (and any older Pokemon you’ve transferred), Pokemon Go captures, and anything caught on the current and forthcoming Switch titles. The “place where all Pokemon can gather” was announced by Game Freak Managing Director Junichi Masuda and should be of interest to those looking to easily trade their Pokemon with other players. Even interesting announcements like Pokemon Home were slightly overshadowed by accidental comedy. It continued in an awkward fashion throughout. Surely that was the awkwardness out of the way though? Nope.
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Not a retirement village for aging Pokemon. They moved on from that as swiftly as I am doing now. This was followed by another understated announcement that NetEase Games was taking on Pokemon Quest for the Chinese market.
POKEMON SLEEP REVEAL MOVIE
Especially when Hiro Matsuoka (Managing Director of Toho) was discussing his potential status as a Pokemon Company board member and had just given a shout out to the new Godzilla movie and Ken Watanabe. Hugely focused on the company’s overarching business strategy, expansion into China and new ventures into movies, it was easy to miss an announcement for a second Detective Pikachu game coming to Nintendo Switch.
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Hosted by Pokemon Company President and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara, this was a far cry from the polished press conferences the gaming public has become accustomed to, Tuesday’s showcase was close to parodic: bizarre announcements, awkward transitions, and corporate shilling took the spotlight instead of their new projects.Ī prime example that not all press conferences these days need to be live streamed public affairs, it didn’t seem like there would be much for Poke-fans to shout about early on. Remember this guy? We're going to mention him in passing.