Game Freak to “wait and see” how Nintendo Switch is used before making Pokemon games for it

Following comments made earlier this week, Game Freak is saying that it will “wait and see” how Nintendo Switch is being used before committing to develop Pokemon games for it. In a recent interview, producer Junichi Masuda reiterated why Pokemon works best on portable devices. “We learn how they’ll use the Nintendo Switch with respect to the future entries of Pokémon,” Masuda said. “Communication is very important for Pokémon. Where and how our players play is something crucial. For example, in Japan the kids go play in the park and in each others’ houses, connected by playing their portable consoles. In Japan portable consoles are far from dying, in fact they’re doing better than home consoles. For that reason it’s important that we maintain the best possible communication, the medium that the people use to unite and connect to play.Without a doubt, the Nintendo Switch is the future, but we’ll have to wait until it comes out on the market and study how Pokémon can benefit from it. When the people have it, we’ll have to see and deeply study how it’s used in order to then think about how the next entries of Pokémon will be and how the saga will be able to benefit from this new console.”

Source: Reddit