WhenPokemon Let’s Go PikachuandLet’s Go Eeveearrive later this year, manyPokemon GOtrainers are planning to rush into the Switch game to start exploring the crossover features. The trailer reveals that players can transfer pokemon fromPoGOtoLet’s Go, but doesn’t get into the details of how that works. Those mechanics are starting to become a little more clear thanks to some developer interviews.
During a recent chat with Eurogamer,Pokemonboss Junichi Masuda elaborated a bit on how the transferring feature would work between the mobile and Switch games. Here’s a look at his explanation…
“… Right now you can send Pokemon fromPokemon GotoLet’s Go PikachuandEevee- and they don’t go straight into your collection or your party, they enter into an area that’s kind of like a Safari park type thing where you can see the Pokemon moving around in there, and you can actually go there and interact with them and catch them. But there are also some incentives to move a lot of the same Pokemon fromGO- the same species - and there are some sort of mini games you can play if you do that.”
It is interesting thattransferred pokemongo into a park area, rather than straight to the Switch account’s collection like a standard trade. Does that mean that these pokemon won’t be added to the Switch account’s Dex until they have been recaptured? This will likely make a lot more sense once more of the game has been shared.
ForPokemon GOplayers, the mechanics surrounding earning special rewards and gifts are likely the most exciting. There has been a lot of speculation about what the gifts might be, includingbrand new pokemon, but no concrete details have been released just yet.
Pokemon GOis available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.Pokemon Let’s GoPikachuandLet’s Go Eeveewill launch on November 16, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
