First things first, the next lets go games will cater to newer or more casual players. This obviously disappointed a lot of fans and sort of split the community in half. At first this seemed extremely frustrating because i personally did not think sun and moon and usum were as good as previous titles. I was anxiously waiting for the next installment to spend my time in. With the lets go series, i was immediately disappointed for how not that different it was to sun and moon visually. It felt like the same game in 1080p almost, which worried me.
I said earlier that the community was split in half with the reveal of the lets go series. I think that this is the best thing thats happened to pokemon in years. Ever since pokemon was climbing to its peak during the D/P generation, i feel every game was getting more and more hand holdy and linear, to appease newer fans who would understandably get overwhelmed with everything to do in the games. From gamefreaks perspective, im sure they hear the community complain that the games are getting easier and less challenging, but their hands are tied. They were trying extremely hard to find a balance between catering to both types of players. This obviously is not easy to do since a lot of the changes to the newer games are very polarizing. With the lets go series, i sincerely hope gamefreak caters to each type of fan on each game.
Why do gamefreak need to nail the 2019 title? This game will have had 4 years of development if it is released on schedule. For most games this is plenty of time. But im sure gamefreak are trying their best to get all the pokemon to look right on the new engine. Hundreds of unique models will take time to get right, but im confident they will make the pokemon look fantastic.
The word "ultimate" is being used so many times with ninendo swich games. Smash, Monster hunter, and even though the word isn't used in these titles, many consider them to be he ultimate rendition of their respective IPs; BotW, Odyssey, Mario Kart, and Mario Party. Continuing with this trend, i can safely assume that the next pokemon game will be an ultimate version.
In the last decade of games, ive spent most of my hours on Platinum (600 ish). This was simply because the postgame felt rich, the region felt like my home, and the characters had deep narratives based around them. On the other end of the spectrum, theres USUM, which i stopped playing as soon as i caught all the ultra beasts, (barely 150). Simply because the narrative was carrying the game so hard for the entire story then just ends. The region just felt empty and one dimensional to me by then.
If the next title will truly be an ultimate version, it should truly have infinite replay value. At first this seems ambitious, but if any game can do this, it would and should be a pokemon game. The first thing that comes to mind, is to add DLC support to the game. Things like new story instances, new maps, even new pokemon! To be honest im sick and tired of the events we keep getting, especially those involving mythicals. i dont want the regions mythical pokemon to be given out in an event. What if there was a proper story arc we could experience, like in HGSS! where we would have to battle new characters, and visit new worlds! This would truly make mythicals feel special, and have an actual connection to your character.
The second thing, is to balance the game with patches within the first few months of release. It really sucks that certain pokemon are banned in pro tournaments for a whole generation because theyre imbalanced. Gamefreak can tweak things here and there and it would result in a more fun and enjoyable game for the professionals.
Third, make the online interface GOOD PLEASE. Gamefreak, you've been trying different renditions of the online system for over 10 years, please for gods sake nail it this time. Online minigames, tournaments, a transparent ranking/elo system for online battles, LFP interface for doubles/triples, even pokemon contests! theres too much potential here!
Fourth point, truly get rid of HMs, and rework the ride pager. Treat ride pager pokemon like mounts, each with pros and cons to them. And add some depth to them via leveling them up to be more effective in what they do. IE Tauros could have a stamina bar and cant break harder rocks unless you level it up with perks. Give players a post game ride pokemon like latias/latios in oras where we can fly around at crazy speeds. Or a ride pokemon that unlocks a bunch of new areas that cant be unlocked without it. Maybe a ground type pokemon to explore underground tunnels and caves.
Fifth and final point, look at pokken tournaments art style https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://switchplayer.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2017091720362200-5A6F3157C944341CDE279FD85822A3AD.jpg&imgrefurl=https://switchplayer.net/2017/09/18/pokken-tournament-dx-review/&h=720&w=1280&tbnid=wTxQafV-2Pu90M&tbnh=168&tbnw=300&vet=1&docid=EFpLIG6KXRdp5M, and copy it.
TL;DR
Pokemon 2019 is a critical point in pokemons life, and gamefreak have the best opporunity to get things right.
Submitted September 26, 2018 at 04:36AM by HowIsBuffakeeTaken https://ift.tt/2N0tNVO
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