PREVIEW


The Poké Ball Plus makes you feel like a true Pokémon trainer


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POKÉMON LET’S GO! Choose from Eevee or Pikachu as you head back to colourful Kanto


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Format Switch Release date 16 November Publisher Nintendo Developer Game Freak


Pre-order Eevee Edition


Includes exclusive keyring £44.99


Pikachu Edition Includes exclusive keyring £44.99


P


ikachu fans, rejoice! The beloved beastie-catching role-playing game is fi nally making its fi rst


proper appearance on Switch and the Bulbasaur-battling results look lovely. Bolstered by a cute, perfectly judged art style, as well as support for Nintendo’s intriguing Poké Ball Plus controller, Pokémon Let’s Go! looks set to devour your free time this November. Coming in two fl avours


– a Pikachu version and an Eevee edition – both games are home to the fi rst generation Pokémon you know and love, as well as squeezing in select creatures’ ‘Mega Evolved’ forms. For those of you who


don’t know your Squirtles from your Shelmets, these ultra-powerful critters have improved stats compared to their vanilla versions, and can use


devastating moves the default monsters can’t. For example, water-loving brute Mega Blastoise can break out a Mega Launcher attack that a regular Blastoise could only dream of.


Let’s Go! is also a loving


tribute to 1998’s Pokémon Yellow, acting as a


quasi-remake of Pikachu’s beloved adventure. The original Yellow ran on the Game Boy, of course, so it’s hardly a surprise


that the Kanto Region now looks far, far prettier than it did 20 years ago, with


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