- You want the Poketruth, you can't handle
the Poketruth on today's Nerdist News.
Pretty good, huh?
(upbeat music)
Conspiracy, corruption, coverups, the world lies in shock
this morning as evidence continues to roll in
about a potential scandal that could change
the way that we play Pokemon forever.
(gasps)
The story, which leading news sources have since dubbed
Pokegate, and by leading news sources, I mean Nerdist News,
began on Nintendo's YouTube channel when a video
was mysteriously removed with no explanation.
The video in question, a release announcement
about Pokemon Sun and Moon from last February.
But if Nintendo had hoped they could simply
make the video disappear without anyone realizing,
they were about to be greeted
with an unpleasant wake-up call.
The internet quickly wised up to the gaming giant's
atrocious breach of trust and took to Facebook and Twitter,
demanding answers about what happened
to the now non-existent video.
Nintendo, you should know better.
These are Pokemon YouTube videos, you can't just casually
throw them away like you would a piece of garbage
or the director of the FBI.
(groaning)
Goddamn, so shady.
So why the sudden deletion?
Well the reasonable rationale might be that since Pokemon
Sun and Moon was released all the way back in November,
there's no need to keep posting a video teasing that release
from a bunch of months prior, except that doesn't exactly
check out with Nintendo's past behavior.
As fans pointed out, a release announcement for Pokemon
X and Y, a Pokemon game from 2013, was still alive and well
on the Nintendo YouTube channel.
Just doesn't make sense, people.
The facts just don't add up.
Why keep one release announcement live
and take another one down?
What kind of sick Pokegame
are you playing with us, Nintendo?
Are you doing this for a reason or are you just trying
to screw with us for abandoning Pokemon Go last summer?
God, it just keeps on rolling in.
Well after assessing all the evidence,
combining all the clues, and spending all night
staring at black and white mugshots of Pikachu
and shouting, "What are you hiding from us?"
we have determined that there is in fact a conspiracy afoot.
(groaning)
But thankfully, it's the best kind of conspiracy,
a conspiracy that ends with even more Pokemon games.
(horn honks)
The prevailing theory is that Nintendo
ditched the old announcement because
they're actually gearing up for a new one.
Rumors have been swirling for quite some time now
about a fresh incarnation of Pokemon Sun and Moon
that would potentially be titled Pokemon Stars.
Supposedly, Pokemon Stars will be released exclusively
to the Switch and feature a bunch of new Pokemon
that didn't appear in either of the DS versions.
Evidence for this upcoming game has been steadily mounting
over the last few months, including the company releasing
a new line of celestial-inspired Pokemon merchandise
which I absolutely need to go buy right now
so yeah, obviously Nintendo is seeing stars, Pokemon stars.
But still, why ditch the old Sun and Moon announcement
and keep the XY one up?
Well at the end of the day, it's probably just a simple
matter of keeping their stories straight.
Pokemon XY never received any kind of console upgrade
so there was never any fear of people tracking down
the old video and getting confused
about what was coming out when.
With stars, there's obviously the chance of players
getting it mixed up with Sun and Moon.
Getting rid of the announcement video is just
a precautionary measure to make sure
that everyone has their Pokestory straight.
Or maybe not, maybe there is a bigger conspiracy to unravel.
It is important to note that Nintendo has yet to confirm
or deny any of this, so they could be getting ready
for Pokemon Stars or they could
be covering up something huge.
Does Charizard have ties to the Russian government?
Is Bulbasaur taking secret payout Tetris blocks?
Only time will tell, but in the meantime,
what do you folks think, are you psyched to play Pokemon
on the Switch, is Pokemon Stars in the stars for you,
and seriously, what is Pikachu hiding from us,
because no one is that cute by accident.
Let's discuss.