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Since Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s debut, the mainline series has existed solely on handheld devices. Being able to adventure in the world of Pok\u00e9mon while being anywhere in the real world is enticing, but fans have long clamored to see the series deliver a mainline console RPG. However, developer Game Freak was reluctant to create a game that players couldn\u2019t take with them. The release of the hybrid Nintendo Switch changed everything.<\/p>\n

Now, unrestrained by the traditional limitations of dedicated handheld devices, Game Freak sets out to make what it considers to be the ultimate version of Pok\u00e9mon. We traveled to the team\u2019s Tokyo headquarters to learn the inspirations behind the various additions and advancements of Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield.<\/p>\n

Walking into the unassuming Carrot Tower in Tokyo, you would never guess the creators of the highest-grossing entertainment franchise in the world were just a couple hundred feet above you. After a short elevator ride and a stroll through a plain, twisting hallway, a door opens to a conference room and you\u2019re suddenly presented with the rich history that has been made here. Lining the walls of the conference room is every game, every soundtrack, and hundreds of figures from the world\u2019s largest entertainment juggernaut.<\/p>\n

While the shelves housing the mainline entries of the Pok\u00e9mon series read like a history book for Nintendo\u2019s handheld devices, when you get to the end, Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu and Let\u2019s Go, Eevee immediately stick out as the sole console entries. The games, which released last year on Nintendo\u2019s current flagship platform, effectively transitioned the series to the hybrid format. But while those reimaginings of the first-generation games served as a crowd-pleasing bridge to the next evolution of the franchise, they did more for the development teams at Game Freak.<\/p>\n

The Pok\u00e9mon Let\u2019s Go games served as a way for the studio to get down the development basics for Nintendo\u2019s new console \u2013 introducing new features, like wild Pok\u00e9mon appearing in the environments and a giant leap forward in terms of visuals. Fans enjoyed these games and loved having a modern remake as a starting point for the franchise on Switch, but Game Freak had greater ambitions with the new technology than simply recreating past glories.<\/p>\n

During the development of the Let\u2019s Go games, the team realized creating games on Switch was no small task when compared to developing on lower-resolution handheld devices. \u201cI think the biggest takeaway was how the graphics and rendering work is so different from the 3DS,\u201d says Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield director Shigeru Ohmori. \u201cNeeding to staff up and figure out how we\u2019re able to get that to work really well on Switch takes more time, and we needed more resources.\u201d<\/p>\n

The studio grew in size, nearly doubling the core team since the development of Sun and Moon. With 180 to 200 core members, hundreds of outsourced and external partners, and a large marketing department, the full team is massive. When you factor in the localization teams across the nine languages the game is launching in, Ohmori estimates that around 1,000 names will appear in the credits of Pok\u00e9mon Sword and Shield.<\/p>\n

Using key takeaways from the Let\u2019s Go games, the rapidly growing team at Game Freak forged ahead with its vision for the next generation of Pok\u00e9mon games. \u201cWe set out with the idea of making the ultimate, strongest, the best Pok\u00e9mon game yet, being on Nintendo Switch, the first time an all-new generation is coming to a console,\u201d Ohmori says. \u201cIt was really just kind of applying this idea of \u2018ultimate\u2019 to every facet of the game: gameplay, visuals, everything. That was really the theme for when I set out making the game: the greatest Pok\u00e9mon game.\u201d Read more…<\/a><\/p>\n

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