The Nintendo Switch could soon offer a remake of Pokémon Red and Blue in its catalog. According to renowned journalist NintenDaan, who specializes in news related to the Japanese publisher, a new version of the first games is in preparation for the hybrid console. It would not be a simple remaster but a remake. So we would take the "scenario" and the Pokémon of the first generation to make a brand new game.
Nintendo could well play the nostalgia card by offering players a remake of Pokémon Red and Blue on Switch. This information is shared by journalist NintenDaan, known for regularly sharing information about the Japanese publisher's projects. The revelation was made during a podcast hosted on the SoundCloud platform. This has since been removed. Following Nintendo's remonstrations?
Pokémon Red and Blue on Nintendo Switch?
Note that he speaks well here of a remake and not a remaster version or a portage. So it's not a question of taking back the basic games and improving the graphics or the soundtrack, but of creating a new title from scratch with the elements of the first generation,including The Pokémon, the characters and the meagre scenario.
We've been known for some time that a Pokémon game on Nintendo Switch is in the works. But more was expected of a sequel for Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, the seventh and final generation to date, or a different genre like an RPG or a Versus Fighting. We look forward to Nintendo communicating on the subject to get confirmation and some more details. It may be possible duringE3,considered the world of video games and will be held in 2018 from June 12 to 14 in Los Angeles.
In an interview with Bloomberg in September 2017, Tsunekaku Ishihara, CEO of the Pokémon Company, confirmed that a Pokémon RPG was being developed for the Nintendo Switch. Is it the same project? He explained that with the hybrid console, a deeper experience could be offered to players than on its other portable consoles. So we could finally get a Pokémon game that revolutionizes the license. With the Nintendo Switch Online, multiplayer could also enter a new dimension.