Bellevue, Washington—September 19, 2018—The Pokémon Company International and Nintendo announced new information about the highly anticipated Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! games, including GO Park information, a new Candy system, Legendary Pokémon battles, and more.
Transferring Pokémon Through GO Park
In Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, players will be able to use a Bluetooth connection to bring Pokémon they have caught in Pokémon GO into the Kanto region to join them on their adventures. Pokémon that are transferred from Pokémon GO will appear in a place called the GO Park complex, located in Fuchsia City. The GO Park complex is made up of 20 individual GO Parks, and up to 50 Pokémon can be kept in each one. To take Pokémon stored in the GO Park complex on their journey across the Kanto region, fans will have to find and catch them within a GO Park first. Trainers are not limited to connecting with just their own Pokémon GO account, though—there is no limit to the number of Pokémon GO accounts that can be tied to a single save file, so they can receive Pokémon from their friends and family, too. Once 25 of the same species of Pokémon are in the GO Park complex, fans will be able to play a special minigame to win Candies. By using the GO Park complex, even Alolan form Pokémon can be transferred into Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!
Power Up Pokémon With Candy
By using Candies in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!, players will be able to power up their Pokémon. Pokémon will grow stronger after taking part in battles, but by giving their Pokémon Candies, players will be able to raise the specific stats of that Pokémon. Different types of Candies will have different effects—for example, some can increase a Pokémon’s Attack and others can increase a Pokémon’s Speed or Defense. These Candies can be obtained in a variety of ways, including transferring Pokémon to Professor Oak, successfully completing games in the GO Park complex’s Play Yard or by taking Pokémon for a stroll via the Poké Ball Plus* device. By collecting and utilizing these Candies, it is possible to create a very strong Pokémon team.
Legendary Pokémon in the Kanto Region
In the Pokémon world, there are incredibly powerful Pokémon that are rarely seen but are spoken about in the region’s myths. These are known as Legendary Pokémon. In the Kanto region, players will be able to find several Legendary Pokémon, including the Legendary bird Pokémon—Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres. The way to catch these Pokémon in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! is different from how most other Pokémon are caught. Trainers must defeat these Pokémon in intense battles before they can have a chance to catch them. It won’t be easy, but once fans manage to catch them, these Pokémon can follow them throughout their adventure.
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! will be available exclusively on Nintendo Switch on 16 November 2018. For more information, please visit http://pokemon.com/pokemonletsgo.
*Poké Ball Plus device sold separately
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About Pokémon
The Pokémon Company International, a subsidiary of The Pokémon Company in Japan, manages the property outside of Asia and is responsible for brand management, licensing and marketing, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, the animated TV series, home entertainment, and the official Pokémon website. Pokémon was launched in Japan in 1996 and today is one of the most popular children’s entertainment properties in the world. For more information, visit www.pokemon.com.
About Nintendo
The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Nintendo Switch™ system and the Nintendo 3DS™ family of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.6 billion video games and more than 725 million hardware units globally, including Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS™ family of systems, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™, Wii™ and Wii U™ systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names, such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda and Pokémon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in the Americas. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company’s website at http://www.nintendo.com.