Pokémon Gen 7: Third Version, Remakes, or Sequels?

[Louie]

Profrektius said:

Ka-pi96 said:

That seems pretty unlikely. I can't see there only being a 2 year gap between gen 7 and 8. Not sure I'd even want a gen that quick. It would be good to get more Pokemon stuff sooner I guess, but you'd have to wonder if they rushed it to get it out so quick and because of that it could end up a subpar Pokemon game.

Agreed, there's no way they'd abandon Sun and Moon that fast after it has been the most sucessful Pokemon game in a long while. Whenever the proper next gen Switch Pokemon game will release I'd expect a complete overhaul, with a proper gigantic 3D world, and finally 3rd person camera. So that will take a few years at least. They can't make that in a year.

It's two years because they won't need a lot of resources for Pokémon Stars (if it exists). Also, we've always had Pokémon games yearly or bi-yearly.

Black / White 2 - 2012

X / Y - 2013

Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire - 2014

Sun / Moon - 2016

In fact, we've never had to wait more than two years between core Pokémon games since the originals released in 1996. You could say it's part of Gamefreak's strategy to release Pokémon games regularly to keep the franchise in people's minds. Gamefreak has never changed that strategy and they've witnessed multiple generational leaps with Pokémon.