I'm talking about the main series, not the spin-offs. It's interesting to see people being completely convinced that Pokemon 2018 will be for Switch, while I'm more on the fence. I wouldn't be surprised seeing it either way :p

Some things to note:
- We already know that Pokemon Switch was in development since at least E3 2017
- Pokemon B2W2 was released on the NDS 2 years after the 3DS was out
- Pokemon DPP was released for the NDS, which means it's still playable on the 3DS. Remakes always had a system buffer in between. However, DS games such as Etrian Odyssey had remakes on 3DS. Not to mention Harvest Moon ToTT (JP, 3DS) and New Leaf (3DS) got re-releases
- 2018's Big Holiday game is Smash

More speculative thoughts:
- Gen 7 had Pokemon SM and the third iteration (USUM), so it's extremely unlikely this next game will be based on SM
- The new content in USUM isn't huge, meaning the resources put into that game shouldn't be big
- The 3DS won't be getting a completely new Pokemon game, that will be on the Switch
- Stepping up to the Switch will require GF to rework everything, from the Pokemon to the characters and environment and that will take time

So what do you think? I'm definitely missing info, but it has yet to be confirmed either way

I don't think we know if any pokemon game is coming out in 2018, it it is, it'd be the Switch version. Gamefreak needs to move on and learn HD game development, they don't need to stay behind on the 3DS. They need all the help they can get because as Nintendo's internal teams learned, HD game development is difficult and all hands need to be on deck.

Gamefreak already said that Pokemon US/UM were the last 3ds main story Pokemon games.

3DS is dead son. It has been confirmed the next main pkm game is being developped on Switch.

I don’t think this will necessarily happen, but I wouldn’t mind Pokémon 8 coming out on both Nintendo Switch and 3DS. Same story, same general level design, etc., but the Nintendo Switch version being what Dragon Quest XI on console is to the same title on 3DS. In other words, a very different visual experience, with both titles being able to communicate with each other.

November 16th: Pokémon 8 on Nintendo Switch
December 14th: Pokémon 8 on 3DS

System bundles with their respective titles, each game capitalizing on Black Friday/Christmas, respectively, big marketing push, etc. Like I said, I don’t think this’ll happen, but I’d be ok with it/think it’s a pretty solid idea.

Its already comfirmed that US/UM were the last 3DS pokemon releases.

What rock did you just crawl out from under? ;p

Yeah, pretty sure they already confirmed the next mainline pokemon was coming to Switch. Even if there was a chance for it to come to 3DS, I wouldn't want that anyways. It's time to move on to the Switch!

I clearly missed that article somehow, and it does seem like Pokemon for 3DS is done

"With Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon," explains Ohmori, "we’ve tried to eke that out more and really, really push the system to its absolute limits, and we’re now feeling that perhaps this is the maximum of what we can get out. So we’re really treating Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon as the culmination of our work with the 3DS system."

Isnt it possible though that they could be working on a remake of diamond and pearl for the 3ds? Pokemon is almost a yearly series as far as I remember, I could see a pokemon in 2018 that isnt the one confirmed for the switch. Although I’d probably bet on something more along the lines of one of those dungeon crawlers spin-offs than a main series type of game.