About

Pokémon Masters is a Pokémon mobile game in which players can team up with various trainers and notable trainers from the main series of games and take on other teams in real-time 3-on-3 battles.

History

On May 29th, 2019, during a Pokémon-related press conference ahead of E3 2019, DeNA, the company behind games like Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes, announced the development of Pokémon Masters, a new mobile game in the Pokémon universe. There, it was announced that the game would feature trainers from previous games, as well as some of their Pokémon. It showed off the game's 3-on-3 battle system and some of the interactions with Pokémon Trainers such as Brock, Misty, and Cynthia.

On June 27th, a full trailer for the game in an anime art style was released by the Pokémon Company on YouTube (shown below). There, it was revealed that the game will take place in the "Pasio" region, additionally, support players will be able to act independently of the player, and take steps such as healing their own Pokémon. As of June 28th, there is no official release date for the game, but it is due to be released in 2019.

Online Presence

Bulbapedia^[1] has a page for the game, confirming some of the trainers that will appear in the game, including Red, Blue, Brock, Misty, Lance, Steven, and many others. On social media, Twitter users expressed their excitement for the game. User @CwapTweeter^[2] posted an Infinity War Is the Most Ambitious Crossover… meme about the trailer, gaining over 690 retweets and 2,200 likes (shown below, left). User @TAHK0^[3] joked about Red's new design and the character's flame pants, gaining over 4,700 retweets and 18,000 likes (shown below, right).

Others noted that they were more excited about Pokémon Masters than Pokémon Sword and Shield, which is still suffering backlash from the decision to not include all 800+ Pokémon in the game. User @shofu^[4] said it looks better, gaining over 1,000 retweets and 8,000 likes (shown below, left). User @UltimaShadowX^[5] game a similar response (shown below, right). These were covered by the Daily Dot.^[6]

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