Is Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee the actual Gen VIII Core Games or is it just a remake before the actual one?

Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee has just been officially announced. We know its a Pokemon Yellow remake. Is there any information if this is it or if its just Gamefreak testing the Switch before going all out a new game?

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I’m going to write an explanation here for what these games are exactly. Hopefully this will give some clarity. I’m halfway doing it for my own understanding, actually. :P

In short:‘Let’s Go, Pikachu!’ and ‘Let’s Go, Eevee!’ are NOT main-series Pokemon games, and are spin-offs. Though these games are set in a main-series region and are developed by Game Freak, they should not be held in the same echelon as your X & Y or Sun & Moon.Courtesy of Serebii, we know the following:

Junichi Masuda will return to the director’s role for this pair of games. He has stated quite explicitly that thetarget audience for these games is not the same as the main-series games. Sourced fromIGN:

“For our first entry on the Nintendo Switch, I really wanted to do something more kind of simplified, something that really anyone could enjoy,” Masuda said.

“I think the reason for this is to get more Switches into the hands of younger kids and more casual players, not just players who are really interested in hardcore games or are really gamers first and foremost.”

Given the game’s functionality with Pokemon Go, a lot of people are interpreting this as the Pokemon Company’s attempt at mixing the casual, mobile game market with the Switch market. Regardless, you can take Masuda’s word for it thatyou shouldn’t expect the same thing from these games as you would from a main-series game. Even calling these a remake of Pokemon Yellow is a bit of a stretch – they appear quite different.