E3 2017: A Core Pokemon RPG Is in Development for Nintendo Switch

E3 2017: Metroid And Pokemon In The Works

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During the Nintendo Spotlight at E3 today, The Pokemon Company revealed that a core RPG Pokemon game is in development for Nintendo Switch.

According to The Pokemon Company’s Tsunekazu Ishihara, the game “may not release for more than a year.”

Last week, Nintendo revealed Pokken Tournament DX, a version of the Pokemon fighting game that marks the franchise’s debut on Nintendo’s new console. New versions of Pokemon Sun and Moon were also revealed at the time, but will only becoming to 3DS.

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Andrew is IGN’s executive editor of news and has been dreaming about this Pokemon game for most of his life. You can find him rambling about Persona and cute animals on Twitter.