Our Verdict
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! holds up as a terrific entry to the franchise, and runs quite a bit higher than different Pokémon video games on the Nintendo Swap. We nonetheless suggest it even years after launch because of its companion critters, refreshed graphics, and nostalgic emotions.
We’re rapidly coming as much as the discharge of the Swap 2, so it’s time to have a look again at among the iconic video games Nintendo launched in the previous couple of years. That’s the place this retrospective Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! evaluation comes from.
Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee launched in November 2018, marking almost seven years since their debut. We will now evaluate them to a number of different Pokémon video games on the Swap and see how they maintain up. Whereas the video games are related, I personal the Eevee model, so we’ll deal with that.
These video games function HD remakes of Pokémon Yellow, splitting the one title into two to match most different releases within the franchise. The allure of the GameBoy sport remains to be there, although modernized to welcome one other era of players into the magic of Pokémon’s first era.
Let’s Go, Eevee! brings you again to the area of Kanto – the OG, the primary place we meet Ash, Charmander, and Magikarp amongst so many extra iconic critters. You start in Pallet City, the place Professor Oak tells you that you simply get a Pokémon of your personal and that your journey begins right here. Wonderful! That is what we’ve all waited for. You then make your manner by way of the world, beginning encounters with wild Pokémon, catching them, battling different gamers, and dealing by way of your badge assortment.
Everyone knows the story. Everyone knows what occurs. What we’re right here is whether or not the sport is sweet, whether or not it holds up, and whether or not it falls consistent with different – let’s be trustworthy – disappointing Pokémon releases on the Swap.
The positives of Let’s Go, Eevee! (and Pikachu) embrace the sheer nostalgia of the sport. Not everybody has Pokémon Yellow knocking round, so it’s a terrific alternative to return to a sport out of your childhood or uncover it whereas nonetheless in your childhood, relying on how outdated you’re.
My favourite factor was the buddy Pokémon. I wasn’t going to spend $50 on a sport I’d already performed, however what? I can have a Paras trotting alongside me? I can journey an Aerodactyl by way of the streets? OK, nice, take my cash. To be truthful, I had a good time with it and it could be among the best Swap video games, in my view.
The most important optimistic, although, is that it really works. It doesn’t stutter. There aren’t any body drops. It doesn’t have clipping or character fashions going haywire. I had a fairly garbage time enjoying Pokémon Scarlet – exterior of the cutscenes, there have been so many points with the graphics and the way properly the sport labored. Or, didn’t work. Pokémon Legends: Arceus additionally had some crispy graphics, although did run a bit higher. We by no means obtained options for this, and looking out again at how properly Let’s Go runs and the way good it seems to be in comparison with the later video games is astonishing.
One other key distinction to the later video games is which you could play Let’s Go, Eevee! with another person. How beautiful. You possibly can each throw balls at an unsuspecting Bellsprout! Plus, you don’t want a second controller as the sport requires just one Pleasure-Con per particular person. This can be divisive, however I discover it type of endearing. It means you possibly can lie in your facet and play the sport with one hand poking out of the cover, and for a lazy lady similar to myself, this can be a win.
I do marvel what occurred to the “Let’s Go” franchise, although. It’s been almost seven years, and we nonetheless don’t have one other remake. Or any DLC to increase the world, regardless of many individuals assuming it could come. Maybe Let’s Go is only a sport to carry Pokémon Go gamers to the Swap by giving a better entry level with fewer mechanics. I want to see one other Let’s Go sport, although, because it appears a waste to arrange a brand new franchise after which depart it within the mud.
It’s also a bit odd to me which you could get the Alolan variants of some Pokémon in Let’s Go. I imply, I suppose it is sensible, as Alola and Kanto exist on the similar time and other people on this planet do journey, nevertheless it signaled to me that there can be an growth to the sport and… there wasn’t. I additionally didn’t like Meltan and Melmetal’s designs and didn’t even attempt to catch them within the sport through the convoluted Go integration methodology. I additionally skipped the overpriced, tiny Pokéball controller that got here out across the similar time. Even for Mew, I’m not spending an additional $40 on high of a $50 sport.
Total, I nonetheless suggest Let’s Go, Eevee! – and Pikachu for those who desire the electro-rodent. It’s a superb and enjoyable remake that’s devoted to the unique, however with a refreshed soundtrack and a pleasant new model to match trendy expectations. The total price ticket could also be a bit excessive for what it’s, however it’s positively value your time for those who take pleasure in Pokémon.
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