Nintendo just announced three new Pokémon games for the Switch — and one is out right now for free
‘Pokémon Quest’ is a ‘free-to-start’ game that’s available now on the Switch — it’s a spin-off of the standard Pokémon games
By Ben Gilbert
Excited for a new entry in the Pokémon series, on a main Nintendo console for the first time ever? How does four sound to you?
That’s exactly what Nintendo’s doing. As of now, you can download and play the “free-to-start” game “Pokémon Quest” on the Switch. It’s available for download on the Nintendo eShop digital storefront.
“Pokémon Quest” isn’t a standard Pokémon game. Instead, Nintendo describes it as a, “rambunctious action RPG.” Instead of playing as a trainer, collecting Pokémon and taking on rival trainers, you play as a gaggle of pixelated Pokémon. The game is also heading to iOS and Android in “late June.”
Later this year, in November, Nintendo plans to release two other Pokémon games: “Pokémon Let’s Go! Pikachu” and “Pokémon Let’s Go! Eevee.” They’re seemingly sister games, along the sames lines of previous Pokémon games released as a pair. Perhaps one has some Pokémon that the other doesn’t, but it’s likely that they’re very similar games.