How would you improve Pokemon

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Dryk

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Kahunaburger said:
Well, based on what I liked about pokemon (and wanted in the game) as a kid, I'd say dynamic monster ecology
I breed about 50 Remoraid that could shoot electricity out their mouths and released them into a nearby lake once. I often wonder about how that would affect the local wildlife.
 

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Just a tad better graphics and maybe more end game content. I really like pokemon as it is so I don't really mind though.

If they wanted to be really bold maybe shake up the gym system, say instead of having gyms we have challenge areas we the leader specializes in a specific form of tactics, like stall or sweepers.
 

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I'd like the ability to customize your player character. Frankly I'd like a chance to give your player character more to do, maybe a chance at characterization with things like dialogue trees. I'm not expecting a Bioware style story, but maybe something that felt a bit more involved than some blank slate wandering into Team Rocket/Magma/Plasma's plans.

A real time battle system might be nice, although it would probably be a nightmare to create with the the number of Pokemon and moves. So frankly I think a turn-based system is probably the best for the series. If I were to revise the current battle system I'd probably try to speed things up a bit and display the amount of damage a move will do beforehand.

Also, remove random battles! I'd probably like something similar to the battle system in the World Ends With You where the player character can choose when to enter encounters.
 

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actual combat, side scroll style sorta like Smash Brawl, or better yet like the old Snes game Tales of Phantasia. the 4 move concept of every Pokemon game even works with the idea too. that would be waayyy more fun and entertaining.

also it would be nice for newer pokemon to look more like its gen 1 and 2 style, they look like actual animals that could exist, the newer pokemon look plastic and cheap, expecially black and white to my dismay :(
 

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Guys guys guys. OBVIOUSLY what we need is a mystery dungeon game with the graphics of pokepark, have the dungeons be on the weird grid thing, make a top down option to toggle on/off and make moving about outside of dungeons like pokepark. I think we could eventually ditch the trainers of the whole traditional games and just focus on mystery dungeon. the mystery dungeon universe is a lot more interesting Imo
 

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DanteLives said:
Make sure that everyone outside Japan gets the same events. I'd throw a nerd into Vesuvius just to get an event Darkrai.
Do you live in the States or Europe? There is a Darkrai event RIGHT NOW until June 10.

On-topic: Gen 2 and Gen 4 were really fun for having a second region to explore after the primary game. Getting to see older regions in a modern cartridge is nifty.

My primary annoyance with pokemon has always been that only 3-5 mons appear in each area, so you have the same fights over and over and over. I remember getting sick of caves in gen 1 and the inevitable onslaught of zubat and geodudes. That really hasn't changed. But now there's +500 more mons, so... why not just work them into the rotation? Have 10+ enemies per area for more variety? Make a collecting player be able to actually get them all with 2 games again, instead of 2 of each generation, and it makes the game less grindy and more rewarding at once!

A more intelligent plot, deeper characters, a speaking protagonist, would all be nice but are less important to me.
 

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character creation is really all that needs to be there (for me anyways). That and a better multiplayer thing and the ability to call people you've met that aren't currently online like they could have done with the c gear.
 

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Open world, where you start in the middle of a big map or something, and you can then go in any direction and do gyms or dungeons or whatever in any order you wanted. having all pokemon be attainable somehow would be great, and all the old legendaries could be found through some new quest structure which would break up the traditional gym battle sequence.

Maybe there could be some advantage to specialize your team, like how every gym leader sticks with one type despite how vulnerable that team is. Maybe if you built an all fire team, then there would be some synergy system at play which would give you some benefit to compensate for the lack of diversity.

Speed up battle big time. B/W was an improvement over D/P, but still so so slow. I shouldn't have to wait ten seconds for a chansey's long ass health bar to drain after a critical hit. A big thing would be the option to turn off the "wild rattata appears! go weedle! *weedle makes a sound*" sequence.
 

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I've had this idea about a game that features every region. You start in sort of a neutral place and then go off to your first region of choice. You get the starter from there and travel throughout the routes and towns and eventually defeat the Pokémon League there, thus earning a trophy. There would obviously have to be some changes with the Kanto and Johto leagues, or possibly a merging of them. After you get the trophy, you return to the neutral area with your Pokémon. However, in order to go to the next region you must leave the Pokémon you have caught in a special PC that can only be accessed from regions you have beaten. You then travel through the second region with a whole new starter and other Pokémon. This repeats until you've beaten every region, at which point you can access the world Pokémon championship with your best and brightest Pokémon from every region.

In essence, I just want a game that features every region.
 

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Being console compatible would be nice. I'd like to port my pokemon into the Wii-U and exploring different areas. Also a system where a pokemon is more like your pet or friend, not just a sprite with a stat sheet.
 

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More than one save game

proper 3d battles like pokemon stadium

Actual characters that people will give a shit about

A new story that actually carries on after you beat the league

a world/land that is actually in proportion with the size of the cities.

Some bold new ideas to break the mould a bit, like post apocalyptic setting or something.

Scrap the over used evil team theme, and get in something that is an actual threat to something, other than than pokemon.
 

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Generally just stop making more generations of Pokémon. I seriously don't know any from generation 3 and 4.
 

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Lilani said:
Nickolai77 said:
Make a Pokemon game that is a free-roaming 3D RPG, with a combat system like in Final Fantasy. I'd love to see that.
Lol, it is already free roaming (more or less) and it already has a combat system like Final Fantasy. Random encounters, turn based, have to flip through lots of menus to do stuff.

I think the games could be improved by fully-rendered 3D graphics, character customization, and more nooks and crannies and sidequests to explore.
I know, but if i had just said "Pokemon just in full-3D" I probably wouldn't have exceeded the minimum post word count.
 

Lilani

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Nickolai77 said:
I know, but if i had just said "Pokemon just in full-3D" I probably wouldn't have exceeded the minimum post word count.
Nah, all you had to do was flash it up a bit, make it a complete sentence. "I think Pokemon would be much better if it were the same, just in full 3D."
 

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supersupersuperguy said:
I've had this idea about a game that features every region. You start in sort of a neutral place and then go off to your first region of choice. You get the starter from there and travel throughout the routes and towns and eventually defeat the Pokémon League there, thus earning a trophy. There would obviously have to be some changes with the Kanto and Johto leagues, or possibly a merging of them. After you get the trophy, you return to the neutral area with your Pokémon. However, in order to go to the next region you must leave the Pokémon you have caught in a special PC that can only be accessed from regions you have beaten. You then travel through the second region with a whole new starter and other Pokémon. This repeats until you've beaten every region, at which point you can access the world Pokémon championship with your best and brightest Pokémon from every region.

In essence, I just want a game that features every region.
This, this, THIS. I would LOVE to be able to pick which of the five regions to start out in, then after going through that region's Gyms and Elite Four, move onto the next region. Would need some scaling and such, like only being able to bring your starter to a new region Ash-style, but that would be a very nice change.

Too bad there's very little chance of this happening, simply because there would be no need to buy another game.
 

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An end-of-game training area with monsters separated by EV yield. And less hidden information for players. (i.e., what your IVs are) A lot more people would battle competitively(without cheating!) if it wasn't about cryptic bullshit. Everything you need to know should be in the game, you shouldn't need two-three different web sites for it.
 

Auron225

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A story different to "Get starter, get 8 badges, beat the League" - Black/White did this a little but I want the whole Pokemon League thing to just be optional. Why do I have to be the Champion? Why can't I join Team Rocket? Or open my own Gym? Or join the police?