Pokemon Direct Coming This Week

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;why-do-we-keep-going-replaying-pokemon&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Pokemon fans<&sol;a> will be excited to note that Nintendo is set to Livestream a Pokemon Direct presentation on Thursday January 9 and will air 9&colon;30 am ET&sol; 6&colon;30 am PT on Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s YouTube and Twitch&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;new-nintendo-switch-model&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Nintendo<&sol;a> states the stream will last roughly 20 minutes and will contain updates and new Pokemon information&period; Not much else is known about the Direct&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s safe to say it will likely be an update to the existing Pokemon games or at least something big since it has its own Direct&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"fr" dir&equals;"ltr">Tune in on 1&sol;9 at 6&colon;30 a&period;m&period; PT for roughly 20 minutes of new Pokémon information in a livestreamed Pokémon Direct presentation&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;d1Xx3bUMG0">https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;d1Xx3bUMG0<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;ct9DAJt4FU">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;ct9DAJt4FU<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; Nintendo of America &lpar;&commat;NintendoAmerica&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;NintendoAmerica&sol;status&sol;1214547234609664000&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">January 7&comma; 2020<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Potential Pokemon Direct Announcements<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As of right now&comma; we can only speculate the nature of the Direct like Nintendo releasing more details on Pokemon Home and Sleep&period; Pokemon Home was announced earlier in May 2019&comma; as a spiritual successor to Pokemon Bank&period; It’s intended to be a Pokemon management tool for the Switch and mobile devices&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With a cloud-based storage service that will allow players to take their Pokemon with them wherever they go&comma; as well as import them from Pokemon Bank on the 3DS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pokemon Home is set to release in early 2020&period; So this upcoming Direct would be the perfect opportunity to confirm a release date&period; Pokemon Sleep&comma; much like Home was announced in May 2019&comma; it is an application that monitors your sleep&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The time you sleep and wake up affects gameplay and will also be compatible with the Pokemon GO Plus&period; There are many more potential announcements for the Direct&comma; such as more details on the new <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2019&sol;7&sol;22&sol;20703631&sol;pokemon-tencent-china-mobile-pc-games" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Pokemon game in the works with Tencent&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"wp-image-150868 size-jnews-featured-750" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2020&sol;01&sol;07171419&sol;Pokemon-home-1-750x333&period;jpg" alt&equals;"The Pokemon Direct may announce more on Pokemon Home and Sleep" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These are not official of course&comma; just a few expectations on what the Direct will include&period; So we&&num;8217&semi;ll have to wait to see if we&&num;8217&semi;re right&comma; come Thursday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Are you excited for the Direct&quest; What are your expectations for it&quest; Let us know in the comments below&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;polygon&period;com&sol;2020&sol;1&sol;7&sol;21051783&sol;nintendo-direct-january-2020-pokemon" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Polygon<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;