Just as a reminder, the Pokémon Direct is set to air in about 40 minutes or so.
Though is supposed to be 7 minutes long so don't expect the world from it, probably a short teaser for Gen 8 with the name revealed and a release date, hopefully.
I'll edit this post with the news, whatever those end up being, if nobody posts in the meantime.
EDIT: Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield announced Generation 8 is at hand!
It will take place in the Galar region, a central focal point of this region is an industrial Victorian London looking like city.
Three starters have been announced, a Water Lizard (Sobble), a Fire Bunny (Scorbunny) (those Zodiac theories might have been correct after all) and a Grass Chimp (Grookey).
Coming out on a tentative, late 2019 date. More Pokémon games planned in the year, but no details on which games and when, TBA I suppose.
Notes: Galar looks bigger than the average region, though is a drawing of a map it remains to be seen if is any bigger than average in-game.
Random battles and old catching mechanics are back, or they never left if you discount Let's Go.
Graphics are best in the series yet, better than Let's Go most definitely, looks like a proper Switch game would.
And here's a link to the
Direct for those who want to see it themselves.
