Masuda, let me go on record by saying that you killed it in terms of surprise with the follow-up to Black and White. So we’re always trying to surprise players.” Mr. Same thing with X/Y and having a Z straight afterwards. Not to mention that back in October of 2014, in an interview with Gamespot, game director Junichi Masuda, when questioned about “Pokemon Z,” stated “if after Black and White we came out with grey, people would have been expecting that. Pokemon defied expectation by giving us direct sequels to Black and White in the form of Black 2 and White 2 instead of a singular remake version with new features, like Pokemon Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum. To begin, this does not confirm in any way that there is no sequel coming to Pokemon X and Y. While over speculation is futile, especially since there are fewer than twenty-four hours until the Pokemon Direct, there are some possibilities worth considering before speculation and expectation get out of hand. While this could ultimately end in a brutal derailing of the hype train, it is hard not to fit two pieces of a puzzle together and infer that the Direct tomorrow will be in some way associated with this news. While Pokemon has trademarked placeholder titles before, this is the first time that logos associated with the titles were trademarked simultaneously. Then, today, the titles and logos for two potential Pokemon titles were trademarked in Europe according to NeoGAF.
Could it be the reveal of the long anticipated and entirely hypothetical Pokemon Z, a sequel to X and Y? Or would the Direct be somewhat simpler, reminding players of what to expect from Pokemon Day and the rest of the year? Was all of the hype building up to something silly, like a US release of Detective Pikachu? Yesterday it was revealed that there will be a short, five minute Pokemon Direct (a Nintendo Direct dedicated entirely to Pokemon) at 7 AM PT which will feature some “big Pokemon news,” though no actual information was divulged. Pokemon Day (February 27th) is fast approaching, and the franchise could not be more active.
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