What’s Going To Happen to Pokemon GO? - Kinda Funny Games Daily 03.12.25
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What major news is discussed about Pokemon GO?
Today's stories include Pokemon Go has been acquired by Scopely, the new Skate already has microtransactions, and Netflix Games sees a major loss. We'll have all this and more because this is Kinda Funny Games Daily. Yo, what's up? Welcome to Kind of Funny Games Daily for Wednesday, March 12th, 2025. I'm one of your hosts, Blessing Adeoye Jr. Joining me is LaCroix Poppy, Tim, Ma, Buggin, Geddes. God, the cold open full of downer stories. You know what I mean? Just back-to-back news days for me and you. Just banger after banger. You know what I mean? We got so much to talk about. God. We're going to have such lively discussion.
Here's the thing, though. You saying March 12th did make me think that we are less than a month away from the Switch 2.
Oh, from the reveal. Yeah, from the showcase. From the direct.
That's wild. That's exciting. In about three weeks, we're going to know it all. What weird decisions are going to be made.
That's the thing. It's like, what will we know?
At what point do I start getting really scared?
Because, like, is it going to be a thing of, like, you know, we come out of that showcase being like, man, they did it again. Or is it going to be one of those things where we're like, oh, God, what's happening?
Why are they doing it like this? That's interesting. I mean, because remember. That's what it was like with the Switch 1. Super excited for the announcement commercial thing. And then when they did the showcase, everyone was kind of like, I'm a little more trepidatious of this. They had some really big wins overall. But their biggest win was a Breath of the Wild trailer, which was essentially the launch trailer for a game that we had been anticipating for years at that point for the Wii U. You know? Yeah. It hit different.
I'll ask the question again. That might be a cursed question. Is there a way they can fuck this up? There's many ways they can.
What are the ways they can fuck this up? I mean, I feel like if they were to come out and not actually announce a couple major first party Nintendo games for this year, I think that would be a very big problem. Like, I think if we don't have an idea of a roadmap through 2025 after April's event, I think that is when I'm going to be like, oh, fuck. Bad. I'm getting bad vibes from this.
What kind of roadmap? Because we all expect Mario Kart. That feels like such a given. Like, there's no way they don't launch a Mario Kart. Well, that's my thing is I'm not convinced they launch with Mario Kart. But it's going to be this year. This year. This year, for sure. Yes, yes, yes. So let's say Mario Kart.
I don't think they show Mario Kart in the initial reveal trailer of the Switch 2 and not launch with Mario Kart.
I don't think they'd show a 3D Mario in this original Switch reveal trailer and not launch with it, but they didn't. And I was shocked watching that Nintendo Direct when we saw Mario Odyssey and it was not at all around launch.
The only difference is that they also showed Zelda in that initial thing, right? Whereas Mario Kart was the only thing showed in this initial reveal for the Switch 2.
I think you can get away with it in the first three months. Having it in that Switch 2 reveal, you've got to have it in a good pace. Switches out, alright, cool. You don't have to wait that long before you're playing Mario Kart. But either way, they're going to talk about Mario Kart. Probably, most likely, I'm going to say 95% is coming out this year. Let's say... I don't want to invoke it because I... But 3D Mario. Yeah. That's got to happen, right? I think so. This year? I think so. So let's say those two are somewhat locks, which is going to fuck my fantasy critic, but it is what it is. Yeah. And let's say we get like one ARMS-ish new IP. Is that enough for you? Absolutely. Okay.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's what we need. Because there's no way that we don't get at least those. I don't think so. Yeah, I'm hopeful. I'm saying they could fuck this up. I don't think they're going to. And I just want this clear because I don't want any. I told you some motherfuckers coming at me. If Mario Kart ends up being a launch game, I'm not saying it's not going to be a launch game.
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