The Miku crossover reveals which games Nintendo considers mainline game
Just a neat thing i noticed. I know people debated about whether Legends were a spin offs or not, but I haven’t seen anyone talk about Lets go
by horrorfan555
33 Comments
Gaias_Minion
It was already “revealed” a couple of years ago, Nintendo accounts made a post about like “What game did you start your journey with?” with a picture of all mainline games, including LGPE and PLA.
Some people might not like it and even refuse that, but they’re mainline.
libbyelb
When let’s go was announced it was a BIG discussion but i think an interview cleared it up later
kipvandemaan
These + remakes are the games I’ve always considered the mainlines
gman5852
Only pokemon fans can be directly told which games are mainline and still argue about it.
Let’s Go and Legends are officially mainline. What a stupid conversation.
whatdoiexpect
[I mean, we’ve known this. The information has always been there. For whatever it really means.](https://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/)
Barb_WyRE
Damn I can’t believe My Pokemon Ranch, Pokemon Ranger Shadows of Almia, and Pokemon Team Turbo aren’t mainline games
Jazs1994
The Arcues one goes hard though
PixieEmerald
Man that artstyle works really well with Pokémon
Stripeback
I wish Colosseum and XD were considered mainline too…
Outrageous-Ask1958
Look at zamazenta 😂
AsexualPlantMain
In my mind, the Legends games are a lot like the Metroid Prime games. They’re a distinct sub-series within the franchise, but they’re still a part of the mainline series of games
Educational_Rock7459
This is frickin beautiful
ShinobuOshinoSimp
They very much explicitly state that the Legends games are mainline games on the Pokémon website lol
Elihzap
So… The “normal” games + Let’s Go + Legends. I always saw it that way.
I just wonder if remakes are “mainline” now.
Bafau4246
… idk what the big deal is so what if let’s go and legend are mainline or side games, either way they are still the same games and it also doesnt change the other mainline games. If gamefreak said frlg, hgss, oras and bdsp were all side games it wouldnt change anything about them would it?
DinoMan64
Black Kyurem completely blocking Miku lol
keeper_of_moon
I like how all of these look like they’re about to hit something like a train except for let’s go which are just having a good time chilling which is a pretty accurate representation tbf.
Nickyorany
I find it so funny that miku is barely visible in bath black and white arts
WDuffy
What Miku crossover is this? It doesn’t look like project voltage
DrPikachu-PhD
Ok but legendaries like Zekrom just completely covering Miku is hilarious. Like it’s not a crossover at that point it’s just a drawing of the BW legendaries
thisshitthatshit
The pics where you just can’t fucking see her, lmao
Fuocoblu
Pokémon fans discover hot water
EclipseHERO
They’ve established Let’s Go and the Legends games are part of the main series since each of them debuted. Why is this a debate? Word of God has LITERALLY told the community.
zigaliciousone
I don’t really care what is mainline or not but some of those posters go fucking HARD
LateCat_2703
I think the benchmark of whether or not something is mainline or not is : if it’s cannon with mainline, it’s mainline
Let’s go, legends, and remakes are canon with eachother, therefore they are mainline
we should start refer the main series game (RGBY, GSC, DPPt, BW+2, SM+U, SwSh, SV) as the core series games since it’s the starting point of each gen
TheFallingFox00
Wow. I didn’t know that many people disagreed on what is mainline and what isn’t.
I’ve always considered the “main” games, the remakes, Let’s Go and the Legends games to be mainline. I’m pretty sure on the Japanese website, they have all the Pokémon related games listed and if you filter out all the spin-offs, you’re left with the “mainline” games. Which are all the ones that I listed above.
I don’t think this is the best proof of what is mainline and what isn’t though. People can argue about it all they want but it doesn’t change the fact that The Pokémon Company considers all these games as “mainline” games.
pop_tab
No pokemon puzzle league? How dare they!
OfAaron3
LGPE looks so silly in comparison.
Alex_Dayz
We’ve known this for a while. Anyone who still believes Let’s Go or the Legends games are spinoffs are just delusional at this point
WGoNerd
Will this stop people from insisting the Legends games aren’t mainline? No.
Prestigious-Worth-49
So all the mainline games are mainline? Got it.
sandmor03
Let’s Go, and the Legends games are definitely mainline games, they’re just a bit different.
DogiiKurugaa
I can’t be the only one who saw these images and instead of thinking about the mainline argument I was thinking of how lazy it was to just give Miku the pokemon on the box and instead pick ones that fit her better from the selected gen.
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It was already “revealed” a couple of years ago, Nintendo accounts made a post about like “What game did you start your journey with?” with a picture of all mainline games, including LGPE and PLA.
Some people might not like it and even refuse that, but they’re mainline.
When let’s go was announced it was a BIG discussion but i think an interview cleared it up later
These + remakes are the games I’ve always considered the mainlines
Only pokemon fans can be directly told which games are mainline and still argue about it.
Let’s Go and Legends are officially mainline. What a stupid conversation.
[I mean, we’ve known this. The information has always been there. For whatever it really means.](https://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/)
Damn I can’t believe My Pokemon Ranch, Pokemon Ranger Shadows of Almia, and Pokemon Team Turbo aren’t mainline games
The Arcues one goes hard though
Man that artstyle works really well with Pokémon
I wish Colosseum and XD were considered mainline too…
Look at zamazenta 😂
In my mind, the Legends games are a lot like the Metroid Prime games. They’re a distinct sub-series within the franchise, but they’re still a part of the mainline series of games
This is frickin beautiful
They very much explicitly state that the Legends games are mainline games on the Pokémon website lol
So… The “normal” games + Let’s Go + Legends. I always saw it that way.
I just wonder if remakes are “mainline” now.
… idk what the big deal is so what if let’s go and legend are mainline or side games, either way they are still the same games and it also doesnt change the other mainline games. If gamefreak said frlg, hgss, oras and bdsp were all side games it wouldnt change anything about them would it?
Black Kyurem completely blocking Miku lol
I like how all of these look like they’re about to hit something like a train except for let’s go which are just having a good time chilling which is a pretty accurate representation tbf.
I find it so funny that miku is barely visible in bath black and white arts
What Miku crossover is this? It doesn’t look like project voltage
Ok but legendaries like Zekrom just completely covering Miku is hilarious. Like it’s not a crossover at that point it’s just a drawing of the BW legendaries
The pics where you just can’t fucking see her, lmao
Pokémon fans discover hot water
They’ve established Let’s Go and the Legends games are part of the main series since each of them debuted. Why is this a debate? Word of God has LITERALLY told the community.
I don’t really care what is mainline or not but some of those posters go fucking HARD
I think the benchmark of whether or not something is mainline or not is : if it’s cannon with mainline, it’s mainline
Let’s go, legends, and remakes are canon with eachother, therefore they are mainline
we should start refer the main series game (RGBY, GSC, DPPt, BW+2, SM+U, SwSh, SV) as the core series games since it’s the starting point of each gen
Wow. I didn’t know that many people disagreed on what is mainline and what isn’t.
I’ve always considered the “main” games, the remakes, Let’s Go and the Legends games to be mainline. I’m pretty sure on the Japanese website, they have all the Pokémon related games listed and if you filter out all the spin-offs, you’re left with the “mainline” games. Which are all the ones that I listed above.
I don’t think this is the best proof of what is mainline and what isn’t though. People can argue about it all they want but it doesn’t change the fact that The Pokémon Company considers all these games as “mainline” games.
No pokemon puzzle league? How dare they!
LGPE looks so silly in comparison.
We’ve known this for a while. Anyone who still believes Let’s Go or the Legends games are spinoffs are just delusional at this point
Will this stop people from insisting the Legends games aren’t mainline? No.
So all the mainline games are mainline? Got it.
Let’s Go, and the Legends games are definitely mainline games, they’re just a bit different.
I can’t be the only one who saw these images and instead of thinking about the mainline argument I was thinking of how lazy it was to just give Miku the pokemon on the box and instead pick ones that fit her better from the selected gen.