Topic: Pokemon Stars said to include Sun and Moon playable on Switch console. exclusive

[affinity]

You see they should have done this for the whole series for their nintendo consoles. they would sell a lot more and remove the internal competition between console and portable. 

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1316772

https://twitter.com/tomphillipsEG/status/799581153363640321

Multiple sources tell Eurogamer the game is already well into development, will launch in 2017, and currently holds the codename of Pokémon Stars.

Earlier generations of Pokémon games have featured a third title launched later with expanded features - Pokémon Yellow followed Game Boy originals Red and Blue to start this trend, which continued through until Pokémon Platinum followed Diamond and Pearl on DS.

With Pokémon Stars, this idea will be revived - but for the first time we'll see the mainline Pokémon series spanning separate Nintendo consoles within the same generation of games.

Indeed, Switch will be the first Nintendo "home" console to receive a main Pokémon adventure. It only took 20 years.

Nintendo's new 3DS duo Sun and Moon, available today in North America and Japan or next week in Europe, have shared much of their development with their Switch counterpart

As you might expect, Pokémon Stars is being developed by the Sun and Moon team at Game Freak, the studio behind all main Pokémon games since the series' Game Boy beginnings.

In fact, you may have already seen something from the Switch version. Sun and Moon's February reveal teaser culminates in split-second shots of Game Freak staff such as series boss Junichi Masuda and director Shigeru Ohmori working on Sun and Moon spliced with quick flashes of in-game concept art and models, including this HD in-game model for new bird Pokémon Pikipek. We've heard this is for the Switch edition:

This parallel development structure has allowed the work-in-progress Pokémon Stars to already feature working versions of Sun and Moon content. I'm told that GameFreak largely paused work on the Switch version a couple of months ago to polish Sun and Moon in time for their launch this month, but that work on Stars will now resume with the development of features not found in the 3DS versions.

Pokémon Stars' development shouldn't be seen as taking anything away from Sun and Moon's launch - this is how all third entries in the Pokémon franchise are developed.

And there will be reason to play both: Pokémon will be tradable between Sun/Moon and Stars via the Pokémon Box app. We've also heard suggestion there will be more creatures to collect in the Switch version, although not all of our sources could confirm this.

Expect the Switch version of Sun and Moon to feature the same map - the same routes and cities - and the same art style, although be built using separate, higher-resolution assets.
It may be some time before Stars releases, however. We heard the game was initially a summer 2017 launch for Nintendo Switch, but has since been pushed back to later in the year.

http://gematsu.com/2016/11/rumor-nintendo-switch-version-pokemon-sun-moon-development

[Lelygax]

These are good news, they only need to make sure that it will be possible to play with people from 3DS.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Oh! Pokemon's 3rd launch titles always intrigued me. I just hope it is not Star1 and Star2.

[affinity]

yea this is like the first time in about 20 years a main series Pokemon game is on console.  I think Stars could include both versions.

its about time they did this because 3DS really sucked the Wii U purchase incentives dry with all the exclusives 3DS been getting.   and not everyone would buy a Wii U for Xenoblade Chronicles X like I did.

oh yea I heard XCX could be coming to Switch, so more can enjoy it.

Pokemon Stars on Switch though, that'll have the greatest graphics in the whole main series.  even upgraded it will still look more polished.

[KaZudra]

I dunno, the whole 3rd title leak thing never comes off as legit to me, especially when most of them were fake...
But I'll wait it out, If Switch is going to be $250 and this is legit, this is pretty much Nintento's guaranteed Sales.