Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee! games unveiled for Nintendo Switch

And new ‘free-to-start’ game Pokemon Quest
arrives on smartphones in June

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The launch of Let’s Go, Pikachu!
and Let’s Go, Eevee! was announced at a reveal event
in Tokyo last night. Both are slated for release on the Switch console on 16 November.

The two games, developed by Game Freak, are based on the 1998
Pokemon Yellow role-playing game (RPG) and the 2016
hit mobile title Pokemon Go, says The Guardian. 

Pokemon Yellow’s setting will feature in the
two new games, along with elements such as “battling, trading and
exploration” that are seen in most titles in the franchise, the
newspaper says. 

According to Alphr, players will also be able to transfer
the Pokemon that they catch on Pokemon Go to the new
titles. 

The tech site says players can choose between popular
Pokemon Pikachu or Eevee to join them on their journey,
depending on which title they choose. It is not yet known how else
the two games will differ. 

Also announced yesterday is a new “free-to-start” game called
Pokemon Quest, Ars Technica reports.

The game adopts similar “lo-fi” blocky graphics to the popular
Minecraft series and sees players managing a group of wild
Pokemon on the fictional world of Tumblecube Island, the tech site
says. 

Pokemon Quest is available to download from the
Nintendo Switch store today, with iOS and Android version due to
arrive late next month.