https://www.polygon.com/2018/6/1/17408604/pokemon-lets-go-nintendo-switch-pokemon-go-differences

Pokémon: Let’s Go!, the franchise’s first role-playing games for Nintendo Switch, look familiar. Based on Pokémon Yellow, the games will return players to the Kanto region and include Pokémon partners that refuse to stay inside their Poké Balls. The more noteworthy inspiration behind Pokémon: Let’s Go! is the free-to-play mobile game Pokémon Go, which millions of casual and hardcore fans have invested in over the past two years.

It’s a smart move for The Pokémon Company to capitalize on the mobile game’s popularity by bringing it to console. With a stated purpose of attracting the younger Pokémon Go base over to a more core Pokémon experience, The Pokémon Company may have to make a concerted effort to convince parents that they should spend buy both a new console and game, so that their kids can play a glossier version of the thing they’re already obsessed with for free.