Unfortunately, you cannot use the Nintendo Pro Controller to control your character or throw a Pokemon when you dock your Switch to the TV.Īlternatively you can use the new Pokeball Plus ($89.90) device that Nintendo just released. Or when the controllers are mounted on the Switch console, you can use the A button for throwing. You can take out the Switch Joy-Con controllers and use its motion controls to simulate the ball-throw to catch a Pokemon. This helps to reduce the grind of the game, as there are a lot of in-game trainers, including Jesse and James of Team Rocket, that seek to battle you. It is similar to the mobile game Pokemon Go (Pogo), in which you throw a Pokeball to catch a Pokemon. rather than just transfer it, but it works, and Go is free, so yay! Currently this isn’t a trade - it only goes one way because Go is freemium and so they don’t want to give you a stardust-free way to trade.While the original Pokemon Game Boy games require you to defeat a Pokemon in battle before getting the chance to catch them, the catching mechanism here is more simplified. The Pokémon go trading is a bit stupid in that you send it from your phone to a ‘go park’ and then run around the park to catch it. That said I’d expect events and such down the road. This is the mechanic they’re really pushing - there’s going to be lots of interplay between Pokémon go and let’s go on an ongoing basis it seems, with some special Pokémon requiring trading between go and let’s go, but of course it’s all predictions - one game is gamefreak and the other niantic, so anything they do has to work for both of them. If you’ve played a fair bit of Pokémon Go in the past you’ve probably already got most of the gen 1 Pokémon, so filling up your Pokédex is a synch. With let’s go you have three options: local ‘link trade’ transfer (classic, old school game to game, console to console trading.minus the cable), online (requires Nintendo’s online subscription, but same thing) and, the one you’ll definitely use the most I reckon: from Pokémon Go on your phone (available once you’re a fair way into the game over half way at least) Yup! Considering Nintendo’s usual buffoonery when it comes to the internet gamefreak have actually been pretty good for quite some time at making it so you don’t need to buy two games and two consoles if you don’t want to/don’t have time to go find people IRL who play to trade with. I think if you're interested in getting it for the 8th gen, you might as well get the system now with black friday deals and play let's go as well.
With that said, a bunch of my friends just bought switches for this game alone. I personally don't think it's worth it to buy the system for just this game, BUT the next generation game is already confirmed for 2019, so you'll likely be getting the system anyway. They did remove breeding and some of the deeper mechanics, so if you were looking for those you might be disappointed. It's the first time you get to see Pokemon actually roaming in the wild, you can avoid annoying random encounters (especially through caves), and it's just super charming in general. A lot of people were criticizing the Pokemon Go mechanics and streamlined stuff of the game before release, but after playing most people came out positive. It's hands down the best representation of the region (visually) and the original 151 there has ever been. One big question is, do you want to revisit the kanto region? If yes, then the Let's Go games really bring the region to life. I got a Switch last month, but had a few other tittles in mind that made the purchase worth it to me.
I bought it off Amazon at full price (got a whole $0.11 off for preorder) and don't regret it. It does have compatibility with Pokemon GO on you're phone, and is rumored to have 3DS compatibility in the future. Only Generation 1 Pokemon are available, with the Alolan (Gen 7) forms and a few exceptions. It does not have the National Dex available. It's the price of a full game rather than the usual $35 to $40 of the previous tittles. Overall, for buying a console just for this game, I'd say no. I find it a little frustrating at times as the ball will veer off to the side when you're aiming down center, but results may vary. It mimics Pokemon GO's pokeball throwing, but uses your joycon's motion control. The biggest change is the catching mechanic. In some cases, it can still be challenging, but in general it holds your hand through a significant portion where the old games often left you guessing where to go or what to do next. Just to add to this, the game has become ridiculously easy.