The final element Eurogamer discusses is that “while Stars had been planned and worked towards while Sun and Moon were in production, it never represented a true leap towards what a Pokemon designed for significantly more powerful hardware might be.” Fans wouldn’t be as enthusiastic about the first Pokemon game on Switch if it was more of an older port as opposed to an entirely brand new title.Įurogamer claims that “development on Stars switched course around the end of last year.” Additionally, Nintendo’s plans for Stars were in place alongside the development of Pokemon Sun/Moon. Despite Nintendo’s belief in Switch, having those Ultra titles available on 3DS “ensured there was an established audience for this year’s Pokemon game” as well as “a tentpole launch this winter” on the dedicated handheld. That’s where Pokemon Ultra Sun and Pokemon Ultra Moon come in. Pokemon Card - Black Star Promo 34 - Entei (Holo-foil) 4.6 out of 5 stars 170. Zelda and Mario were already planned to launch within the system’s first eight months, so a Pokemon game may have been overkill.Īlso mentioned in the piece is that Nintendo wanted to continuing supporting 3DS this year. Eurogamer now has a report up looking into the situation.Įurogamer first brings up how Pokemon started to be less of a need as Switch became more and more successful. Pokemon Stars ultimately did not materialize, and it was only the 3DS that received the new Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon versions last month. Eurogamer reported last year that the game would be an expanded version of Pokemon Sun/Moon. You can catch up on everything else happening in the game this month in our Pokemon Go November events roundup.Pokemon Stars was once rumored to be in the works for Switch. In the meantime, Pokemon Go is holding a collaboration with Ed Sheeran, and Cresselia is appearing in five-star raids. You can read more on the official Pokemon Go blog. You'll earn two times the usual amount of candy for transferring Pokemon, as well as two times the XP for catching Pokemon. On top of that, a few bonuses will be active throughout the entire event.
You can see the schedule and featured Pokemon below: There will also be a different spotlight Pokemon each day from 12-1 p.m. In addition to the new Special Research, different legendary Pokemon will return for a special raid hour each day of the event from 6-7 p.m. It will cost 50 Hoopa Candy and 10,000 Stardust to trigger the transformation, and 10 Hoopa Candy and 2,000 Stardust to change it back into its original Confined form. However, you will at least need to have completed enough of the Misunderstood Mischief line to catch Hoopa.Īs mentioned, once you complete the new Hoopa Unbound Special Research, you'll be able to transform the mythical Pokemon into its Unbound form. 1, you'll also have the option to purchase the Hoopa Unbound Special Research for $5. If you're unable to finish it before the Season of Mischief ends on Dec.
To access the new Special Research story, you'll first need to complete the entire Misunderstood Mischief task line. 29 and introduces a new Special Research story that, when completed, will let you transform Hoopa into its Unbound form. Pokemon Go is closing out its Season of Mischief with another Hoopa event later this week. Hoopa's Unbound form is making its Pokemon Go debut as part of a new Special Research story.