These are literally the only two screenshots of the game so far
Yup, that’s it. I watched a full 34 minute press conference about Pokémon Go, and the only significant bits of footage shown from the game itself were the two Pokémon above being captured on Android and iOS devices respectively. They sit there placidly, a ball plops them on the head, and voila, they’re captured. That’s it.
Even if this is still early in development, it seems weird to me that so little actual footage of the game is able to be shown. The big release is the live-action trailer, and that might show a flash of what the game could look like, but again, it’s 99% special effects meant to convey the “feel” and “idea” of the game, rather than the reality of the game itself.
What will battling really look like? How exactly will this interact with the normal game? How will Pokémon actually look blended in with real world environments? Do they actually blend in with real world environments and use the camera at all? Perhaps all these questions can be easily answered, but so far in this debut, we’re meant to just hear a lot of people talk about how cool the game will be, and believe that some of the magic of the big-budget trailer will translate into the game. I’m sorry, but without seeing a hell of lot more of the game itself, I have to remain skeptical.