The cute Poke Ball controller for Pokemon Let's Go will integrate with Pokemon GO too, giving you another way to spon those stops as you walk past.

When it launched, one of the main drawcards of Pokémon GO was that it got you out of the house and actually doing some semblance of exercise, even if that exercise was just walking. Pokémon GO inadvertently got many people involved in fitness and motivated walks, jogs and even runs. You’ve got eggs to hatch, best get your walking shoes …

This year, the grind might be easier for players. Pokémon Let’s Go Eevee/Pikachu scales back the action, giving players the choice of two games: Traditional battling and Pokémon capture that’s straight outta Pokémon Go. There’s also far fewer Pokémon to catch, a mere 151 of the fellas to add to your Pokedex as opposed to the hundreds and hundreds of other pocket critters that are sitting in my Pokémon Bank right now. Does that make Pokemon’s traditional endgame a more diminished affair? Not exactly.

Get ready for a whole new way to GO, Trainers! Explore everything from the GO Park complex to the Play Yard, use Candies to strengthen your team, and battle Legendary Pokémon in Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!

Le's Go Pikachu and Eevee are getting the premium treatment, as Nintendo reveals a who two new console bundles for this year's big Pokemon adventure.

Mega Evolutions are coming back with a vengeance in Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee, boasting a slick new coat of paint. Here’s a look at two of those mega evolutions in action.

When you’re choosing a Pokémon game, you have two things to factor in: In this version mascot on the cover cooler than the other one, and which pocket monsters am I going to miss out on? Fortunately, the number of version exclusive Pokémon is far fewer this year, thanks to Pokémon Let’s Go concentrating only on the original generation of adorable critters.

We won’t be seeing a new “core” Pokémon coming to Nintendo’s Switch until next year at the earliest, but until then there’s a new game coming to satiate critter-catching Switch owners. Let’s Go Pikachu and Let’s Go Eevee will be out this year. We’ve been told that it’s simplified take on the Pokémon Yellow, that’s made to appeal to the millions of people hooked to Pokémon Go, as a bit of a bridge game between the mobile phenomenon and the RPG games that kicked the whole thing off.