When will the new Pokémon game come out 2015?
When will the next Pokémon game come out? There has been alot of speculation as to when the next Pokemon game will come out and what it will be. Pokemon Z? Pokemon x2 and y2? Pokemon XZ and YZ? Or maybe just skip right through to generation 7. In this article I am going to go over as much information as I can put together and see what the data tells us.
Most people seem to be looking at the release history of the main series Pokémon games to figure out when the next game will be released, which we will look at, but first I want to show you guys some supposedly leaked scans of the next Pokémon games XZ and Pokémon YZ via the Japanese Cora Cora magazines.
If the scans are fake, which I think they are, they're still quite interesting and worth talking about because they represent one possible path Gamefreak could take in the development of the next Pokémon games. In the traditional watercolor style of official looking Pokémon these scans introduce what appears to be a Zygarde fusion was Xerneas known as Zygarde X and a Zygarde fusion with Yveltal known as Zygarde Y.
If there was a sequel or third part to X and Y a legitimate plot continuation could include some danger to the ecosystem and Zygarde reverting to a previous form by fusing with Xerneas or Yveltal to offset danger to the ecosystem based on what kind of danger the ecosystem happened to be in. Pokedex entries in X and Y clearly hinted at this.
The concept of fusing is similar to that found in gen five with the kyurem fusion. I don't quite think that game freak would actually do the exact same thing again, which makes me rule this out as a possibility, especially when brought within the context of this quote by Junichi Masuda. Where he says ...
Junichi Masuda said:If after black and white we came out with Pokemon Grey people would've been expecting that, same thing with X and Y having a Z straight afterwards, so we are always trying to surprise people.
Fusion and direct sequels were something done in generation five and with that quote existing as there current motto I don't think that they would come out and do basically the exact same thing with two generations back to back. It also somewhat more directly rules out a Pokémon Z with the part that says 'same thing with X and Y having a Z straight afterwards so we are... trying to surprise people.' Unless you take it to mean that he's just saying that having Z come out right away would be more predictable but not the release itself. Either way it sounds to me like they are ruling out both the sequel and a possible Pokemon Z, as it is too predictable.
Where does that leave us? Another remake? That seems unlikely since we just got one in ORAS not too long ago. So all thats really left is a new generation, generation seven. But doesn't it seem too early for another generation? Well when looking at the timeline for Pokémon releases, we see that almost every third part or sequel comes out two years after the launch the generation with the exception of Crystal which came out a year directly afterwards.
So since Pokémon X and Y came out in October 2013 if there was going to be a Z or sequel 2 years later, of course would be 2015, and this will be the year to do it. However, its already July and there is no Pokémon Z announced in the US or Japan so I have another theory.
Here we go. Generation 6 debut only 72 new Pokémon which is the smallest generation we've ever seen, by far. Usually there are about 150 new pokemon in a Generation, when looking at the numbers, it looks almost as if we got half a generation. Maybe the original plan was to have the usual 150 Pokémon for this generation, but instead of releasing a game and a making a sequel like they did for black 2 and white 2. This time they split generation six into two parts/generations, thus creating more non-optional (must buy to progress the franchise) games. If I am right, we should expect to see something like 70-80 new Pokemon in the next Pokemon game, no idea yet if they will be presented as an addition to gen six or as generation seven.
Based on the logic above, its fair to assume that the next Pokemon game is very close to completion, since the 70-80 remaining Pokemon were probably created around the same time the gen six Pokemon in X and Y were created. Gamefreak may just be holding it back to avoid colliding with whatever they have planned for the Pokemon game 20-year anniversary in 2016 (next year). As for my predictions as to had they new games will be called. Pokemon Dawn and Pokemon Dusk has been floating around and it feels like a good fit.
Check out this fan made trailer:
What are your thoughts? What do you think the new games will be called? Leave you thoughts below, it will be fun to revisit this thread after the games are announced and see if you were correct.