Kind of crazy to think how different Pokemon Red/Blue would have been if they were developed in the current age. Buy a rare candy for $1. Pay 10 cents to heal the PokeCenter. You're only allowed 20 battles in a day unless you invite friends on facebook.<p>Would have made so much money.
All we ever wanted was a Pokemon (like the gameboy games) but in 3D and for a home console.<p>We hoped they'd do it for the Nintendo 64 (Pokemon Snap was FANTASTIC, Pokemon Stadium fun, but no full-fledged Pokemon adventure game).<p>Then we hoped they'd do it for the Gamecube.<p>Then we hoped they'd do it for the Wii.<p>Then I crawled under a rock and stopped caring about video games.<p>Also, since about halfway through the lifecycle of the Wii I really wished Nintendo would start being a software-only company and move away from hardware so they could focus on amazing content. I'm still rooting for them even though I don't keep up to date with what's current in gaming.
While I'm sure it'll be enjoyable on a phone (Ingress still has quite the cult following) the video just screams augmented reality. I can't wait until augmented reality tech is broadly out there because I could see this appealing to many. The phone version like Ingress? Well not me at least but I won't knock it. It's an interesting concept.
This really does sound awesome, I think I've played nearly every Pokemon title released for the gameboy, gbc, gba and nds. (after that I grew up a bit).<p>And I always missed a pokemon like title on my Android phone, if this game is the least bit like pokemon red it really could be awesome. I don't know if I'll be driving around town with the Pokemon Go Plus but I'm certain I'll find myself checking my phone more often while walking around and nearly having my pokemon on the desired level..
Now if only Pokemon and other Nintendo properties were available for Android and iOS. But I guess they have determined that this is not in their best interests... :/
Ok this is a silly "uncool dad" question but my gaming chops stopped with Gauntlet.<p>Should my pokemon obsessed six year old receive a Nintendo 3Ds for Xmas, or an iPad mini with Pokemon Go on it ?<p>My intuition is to go for the iPad as a more general platform and more understandable - but the main use case here is Pokemon<p>So, embarrassing question but don't want Santa to make the wrong delivery
Seems like the perfect thing to develop a Pebble (or others) app for instead of an extra BT device. If they include that from day one I would have a hard time not dropping full console price on this game.