Customer Ratings & Reviews

It's great to return to the Kanto region in Pokemon. The story is good and remade from Pokemon Yellow. Would only recommend if you want to play hours upon hours of Pokemon go like game play. Not a traditional Pokemon game.

This game is a nice remake of the old Red, Yellow, Blue games; I've gotten 3 badges so far upon writing this review and so far, it screams Pokemon Yellow for the most part; I debated between getting this or Pokemon Let's Go Eevee, eventually decided on Pikachu; to be honest, though, a part of me wishes I had gotten Let's Go Eevee due to catching so many Pikachu but it's all good. So my overall thoughts on this game are pretty positive, but there are a few small things I had an issue with, so let's start with the positives #1: Change in character and rival story: you actually have a rival who's your friend and deviates from the original Red vs Blue (Ash vs Gary) rivalry, who you share some good moments with and have some pretty comedic times with the friend's reactions to various events. #2: Pokemon catching: After winning trainer battles, you do get poke-balls from trainers and sometimes higher strength balls, so you don't really run out unless you like to catch Pokemon a LOT to try and get the best of the best of the best (like me) but even then you shouldn't run out that often. You don't have to battle pokemon anymore so you can rest easy that you don't have to have the pokemon needed to weaken the target pokemon to catch it; HOWEVER, this can be a double-edge sword as a result since the catching mechanic is similar to Pokemon GO (mobile game) due to the Green, Yellow, Orange, Red circles (Green being easy, Red being super hard) so you could end up using so many poke-balls just to catch a pokemon (wasted 30+ just to catch a level 9 Clefable once which was excruciating) or for it to just run away #3: Catch Combos: Now this one is a bit new to me, but this is a nice incentive to catch so many of the same pokemon. This combo can also increase the amount of Experience Points you get for each one you catch in a row (my current highest EXP gain was 1,345 from catching 25 Diglett from Diglett's Cave) and this can help raise pokemon quick as well; I remember back when I first got to Lt Surge, my strongest pokemon was Lvl 24-25; this game, I had my strongest Pokemon at Lvl 27-29 (Pikachu being the highest at 29) so maybe it has made the battles a little too easy from time to time, but haven't run across a gym battle where I beat a trainer way to easy (sure that'll change in time) #4: Pokeball Plus: Mine came with Mew (great 2nd gift since I got the game as a late birthday present) and it has a few different functions a) Controller: while you can use a Joy-Con as the single controller, you can use the Pokeball Plus instead. b) Pokemon inside Pokeball Plus: just to clarify, you can't open the Pokeball Plus. What I'm referring to is that you can put a pokemon inside the Pokeball Plus to take it on a stroll outside of your Pokemon Let's Go adventure; this can be a great boon during times where you want to train certain pokemon (such as Magikarp, which I'm taking with me) with lots of experience and it counts your steps, similar to that of the 3DS. c) catch Pokemon: use a throwing motion to throw the poke ball you have equipped (Poke Ball, Great Ball, etc) Now for some concerns #1: Pikachu partner does not evolve: now this isn't really as bad of a concern, as this does keep in tune with Pokemon Special Pikachu Edition (aka Pokemon Yellow) as that Pikachu could NOT evolve, but it does get frustrating sometimes if you are wanting to have a powerful Raichu thus having to catch Pikachu after Pikachu just to get very strong stats; on the flip side of this, the Pikachu Partner does have VERY high stats for a Pikachu, even to where it is able to overpower Raichu. #2: Small Pokeball Plus: while the Pokeball doesn't bother me in regards to its size, it can be a bit uncomfortable to hold, especially with the strap, which can make it harder to make a great throw sometimes when trying to catch pokemon. It's not too big of an issue to me, but I can understand people's frustrations with the size as well. #3: EXP Gain: while I praise the catch combo which leads to great EXP gains, it can be near overflow depending on what you do with the game; granted, there are likely few players who do what I do in regards to extreme pokemon catching; but there are still those like me who do who can borderline exploit it #4: Handheld Mode: While I have not tried this game in handheld mode, there have been multiple people who have and have had multiple issues, so I've avoided it altogether, which can take away from the Switch's great hybrid operation (Handheld, Console) Overall, this game is amazing with some flaws that are in the game; I enjoy every moment even as I'm making this review.

Functions perfectly for what it’s supposed to do - also a neat collectible. But the joycons are free; the exclusive features found in the ball just aren’t worth it.

I was a little disappointed that this was just a catch game rather than battles with wild Pokémon. I'll be looking forward to the real game being released in the future

The novelty of using the ball wears off pretty quick. The game is fun, but you have to be pretty die hard to use it more than a few times...

It's pokémon at it's simplest. It's fun and has a lot of cool features, but prefer something more like a mainstream game. This plays a lot like Pokémon Go

it is a pretty simplistic game for people to get started with. it offers some fun times but both kids seem to have already found something better to do.

Not sure what to say, from watching the kids use it to interact with the game it is safe to say it does what it is suppose to do...lol

I bought this thinking it was going to be a great item. It was hard to pair and needed charging all the time.

It’s a very repetitive game and may be good for small kids. My kids are 7 and 9 and aren’t interested in this :(

The game itself plays great but the pokeball accessory included is very hard to use. I’d rather use the joy con.

Great game, but wanted Gen 1 Pokemon out the gate, and less DLC for these types of games

Nothing innovative or to drive the player to push forward. It's the same as it was in 1998

The is repetitive, but fun. However, the controller is far too small for an adult hand. It cramps up.

Fun game but was short with to little added to enhance the replay value.

Let's Go is Pokemon but it's not great. I'd rather play the actual Yellow version than this.

Its pretty easy and missing a lot of core features. Its a decent lil time though.

Its an okay game and the poke ball is a novelty, at best.

Fun Pokémon game to hold people over till the next generation.

Works with Pokémon go on mobil phone and Nintendo switch