Pokémon Let's Go: 4 Differences between Pokémon Let's Go and Pokémon FireRed / LeafGreen

#2 Wild Pokémon and Catching Pokémon

Players don't encounter random Pokémon in the grass in Let's Go

Catching Pokémon and encountering Pokémon in the wild is quite different in Let's Go compared to FireRed, LeafGreen or Yellow. Most Pokémon players are used to the older battle system, where you the player would need to weaken the Pokémon with Pokémon from their party and then use one of the many different Pokéballs to catch them.

Wild Pokémon encounter in FireRed / LeafGreen which had the "Fight" option

In Let's Go, the capture system is exactly like the mobile app Pokémon Go, where players only have the option to use their Pokéballs with the Switch's Joy-con. The Combat Power (CP) is also displayed when catching a Pokémon, a feature that was introduced in Pokémon Go and was not present in the other Pokémon games.

Wild Pokémon in Let's Go are encountered when a player walks towards a Pokémon which is visible on the overworld. Most Pokémon games encounter wild Pokémon by chance when walking through grass, caves, water, etc.