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Nintendo has 4 new Pokemon games coming to the Switch, and the first is available now for free - here's everything we know

Ben Gilbert   

Nintendo has 4 new Pokemon games coming to the Switch, and the first is available now for free - here's everything we know

The long wait is over: There's a brand new Pokémon game available on Nintendo's Switch right now.

Pokémon Quest

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It's... "Pokémon Quest"! Huh?

Admittedly, "Pokémon Quest" may not have been the Pokémon game that Nintendo Switch owners were expecting. 

Given that Nintendo already announced that a "core" Pokémon game is coming to the Nintendo Switch, it was a major surprise on Tuesday night when the Japanese game giant announced three new Pokémon games

To be clear, those three new games are in addition to the still-in-development core game (that's now expected in the second half of 2019). That game, whenever it launches, is expected to usher in the first new "generation" of Pokémon since "Pokémon Sun & Moon" came out in late 2016.

Meanwhile, the first game of the newly-announced bunch, "Pokémon Quest," is already available on the Nintendo Switch. Later this year, we're getting "Pokémon: Let's Go," a remake of 1999's "Pokémon Yellow." In true series fashion, "Let's Go Pokémon" will come in two different versions, starring mascot monsters Pikachu and Eevee.

Here's everything we know about Pokémon's huge future on Nintendo's wildly popular Switch:

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