Could Pokémon Actually Be SLOWING DOWN???

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so.... SO happy that theres another year to wait. for our sake AND theirs. Lets hope its of their own choice and not just because of a Switch 2 delay.

Ironic that a slower Pokemon release schedule causes Arlo's schedule to speed up.

I got to interview Adam for a research project a while back. He's such an amazing guy and deserves all of the love in the world for just being him.

That bit at the beginning for that lovely man’s gofundme was really good of you to include Arlo

Honestly, I was SO relieved to see that Legends Z-a is releasing in 2025, and not this year.

0:02 he used to be my art teacher… we made puppets together for DI. You got this Mr. Kreutinger. ❤️

Appreciate you tagging me when you use stuff, hadn't heard of you before but these are pretty cool videos.

Context. Adam built the arlo puppet.

Another thing I've seen pointed out is that that if GameFreak stuck to the 3 year cycle, Gen10 would have been launching in 2025, but 2026 is the franchise's 30th anniversary and so they might be holding off for that, with Legends A-Z getting released off season to bridge the gap.

Z-A not releasing until 2025 is great, but it makes me wonder if Gen 10 won't release until 2026, especially since that year would be the 30th anniversary. 4 years after SV instead of the usual 3 years. Like please, let it have plenty of time in development.

One of the more optimistic theories I've heard is that the delay may have to do with the fact that Nintendo was forced to refund people for Scarlet and Violet. How many times has Nintendo actually issued refunds, even with a sub-par release? I think we can count on one hand, in the company's entire history. It wouldn't be surprising if Papa Nintendo came in and had a chat about that sort of thing. Either way, I hope it becomes the new standard.

Another Legends Game + Pokémon Z after a like a decade + they’re seemingly taking their time. Actually has me quite exited.

I’ve waited 10 years for new mega evolutions

People are forgetting that Legends Arceus was announced to release in 2022 but it was at the end of January. They could easily release This game at the same time, which would be only two more months than we'd usually wait. This may especially be the case if they don't want to detract the attention from next years Pokemon Day reveals.

Everyone talking about yearly releases vs the three year cycle; what's really interesting is we're not getting a Let's Go or remake this year, and don't yet have a new generation announced for 2025. Based on the three year cycle, we weren't due for another Legends game and a new generation until next year, but they've been filling in the gap years with DLC, LGPE, BDSP. We're only slated for Legends, not a new generation, AND no gap year game, suggesting that yes they may be slowing down.

You mention the 2.5 years development time but GameFreak has an A and B studio. The A studio purely focuses on new generations and the B studio focuses on the other projects like the Let's Go game and Legends Arceus. So they probably started development of this new legends game once they finished their work on Arceus, so at least 3 years

Pokemon X and Y were my first "legally obtained" pokemon game and Im thrilled. I was so bummed when X and Y didnt get a sequel so finally showing attention to my favourite generation is a dream come true.

7:06 Pokemon has 2 teams. A and B. A worked on SwSh and SV, B worked on Let's Go, Arceus, and presumably begun full production on Z-A not long after Arceus's release.

-It feels like the Legends games is more the artistic, passion project for the main team. They want it to be right and pass the mainline games onto smaller teams at this point. -I'm with Arlo. Perhaps this will be a launch title for the new system or at least come out shortly after launch. This does feel like the real possibility. We can just hope the extra development time makes them say "Hey, more time is better." Despite these, as mentioned by others, waiting to make the next mainline game really great for 2026 in line with the 30th Anniversary would be the ideal.