Things you wish they'd add to Pokemon games

[Bonkekook]

I've seen other topics. I'm not suggesting an MMO-mode, etc. I'm asking what you would change if given, say, the basic Pokemon formula we've seen rehashed with different colors.

One of the biggest things I'd like to see changed is the ability to, after you defeat the Elite Four, be challenged by random trainers who are fairly strong and have taken the League Challenge. If you lose, you have to go through and fight everyone again in order to become Champion again. This could also reward you with stuff for being champion, so that losing the status would cause you to lose added benefits.

What ideas would you like to see added to the regular Pokemon games?

 

[squid5580]

More freedom for one. Both while exploring and evolving. And throw in some cross breeding. I can't be the only one who want a Charachu

 

[Mandal0re]

A customisable avatar. Not everyon wants to play a 10yr old in a fucking cap. It is supposed to be an RPG after all. Just a few different outfits and hair styles would make me happy. Oh ye and gym leaders with balanced teams i never liked their mono type teams it makes them too easy to defeat.

 

[tijuanatim]

I can't be the only one who want a Charachu

That is a blight against the Pokegods!! That is just wrong, morbid, and sounds totally freaking awesome!

I never liked having to have a certain Pokemon on my team solely based on what HM they know. Right now I'm playing through Platinum again and I have a Geodude on my team for NO reason other than he knows Rock Smash. He's worthless.

 

[WalkNasty]

maybe a completly new story. like instead of a guy going out to do the gym challenge and beat the elite four, you could be the gym leader in a gym somewhere. i hear viridian has a hard time holding down a leader.
also a new battle system would be great. im thinking an ATB like something out of final fantasy. this would make the speed skill less useless

 

[adderseal]

Being able to move freely between all the worlds already created in past games, like Gold + Sliver times 3.

im thinking an ATB like something out of final fantasy. this would make the speed skill less useless

The speed skill is one of the most important there, especially when you get into competitive battling. I don't, but I know people who do and they're constantly banging on about speed.

 

[Eponet]

Deific scroll of genocide.

Genocide > 251

 

[Discord]

- A whole new battle system where you control the pokemon it's self and use buttons to use attacks that either charge over time or can be used a certains amount of times in a battle.

- More pokemon control (not trainer) realted games like the mystery dungeon or pokemon rumble games

- A new story besides start here... end here. Like a elite four story line or like someone mentioned above a gym leader game.

- A karma system where you either become a pokemon ranger or a team rocket member and....
(nevermind on that one)

 

[Bonkekook]

I can't be the only one who want a Charachu

That is a blight against the Pokegods!! That is just wrong, morbid, and sounds totally freaking awesome!

I never liked having to have a certain Pokemon on my team solely based on what HM they know. Right now I'm playing through Platinum again and I have a Geodude on my team for NO reason other than he knows Rock Smash. He's worthless.

YES! I hate this as well. I basically have four Pokemon on my team, because I have two HM tanks for moving around, plus an Electrode that knows Flash, so I don't have to constantly go to my PC to go everywhere.

And on that note, I wish they didn't show the stupid Pokemon picture EVERY time you use an HM move. I'm cutting the tree, I just selected the Pokemon. I know who I selected.

- A whole new battle system where you control the pokemon it's self and use buttons to use attacks that either charge over time or can be used a certains amount of times in a battle.

- More pokemon control (not trainer) realted games like the mystery dungeon or pokemon rumble games

- A new story besides start here... end here. Like a elite four story line or like someone mentioned above a gym leader game.

- A karma system where you either become a pokemon ranger or a team rocket member and....
(nevermind on that one)

About the karma system....I always thought it was something I wouldn't mind actually tried. I'd love to be able to take over everything similar to Team Rocket. To steal other people's Pokemon if I wanted to.

 

[Glademaster_v1legacy]

Being able to move freely between all the worlds already created in past games, like Gold + Sliver times 3.

im thinking an ATB like something out of final fantasy. this would make the speed skill less useless

The speed skill is one of the most important there, especially when you get into competitive battling. I don't, but I know people who do and they're constantly banging on about speed.

This definitely being able to change between all lands and challenge all the gym leaders and fight in multiple Elite Fours would be awesome. So this and the removal of all shitty hms leaving only surf and strength.

 

[Comic Sans]

Nothing major. They are fine the way they are. If they want to do major changes, do a spinoff a la Mystery Dungeon. I don't want that in the main series. Don't make overhauls to a battle system that's been steadily improving with each installment.

As someone who did competitive battling, I want less physical sweepers. Too many Pokemon have high physical attacks with easy ways to boost them, making the game highly dominated by physical Pokemon boosting up and mauling teams, with fairly few counters. Most teams are very similar in composition because of how overpowering certain things are (Salamence and Scizor, I'm looking at you). There needs to be more good Pokemon with Nasty Plot or Calm Mind, or more Pokemon that can Baton Pass them. With some good walls to balance it out, of course. But special walls are usually better at countering the big threats, anyway. So basically, more special sweepers and more physical walls.

 

[Counter_Southpaw]

I'm just sick of playing a bloody 10 year old. Let me customize my character, please.

 

[Cody211282]

Make it free roaming like Oblivion or Fallout 3, that would be awesome.

 

[Gincairn]

Death. . . plain and simple, let's say you have a poisoned pokemon, rather than "blacking out" or "Whiting out" if they are poisoned and you can't heal them in time let them actually die, it would make the fact that they have been poisoned that much more important rather than just allowing the player to think "What the hell, he'll white out and i can go heal him".

I mean I know you can't ask for realism in a game of that nature, but just a little nod towards real life would help.

Plus it would really make you protective of the rarer pokemon

 

[Kouen]

* More decent story other than the tired I gotta be the best blah blah gotta get badges blah blah
* How about Co-op mode via wifi instead of vs
* More freedom
* Less Cash cowing by making people own different ones because of missing like 5 damn creatures
* Newer (customisable) Avatars
* option to see the wild pokemon in the grass or not for some that say back in my day when I played and had 5 lvl 100's with me and 99999999 cash it was pointless sides if a critter in there was moving wouldn't you see the grass wiggle or something. like an option visible wild pokemon on to see grass wiggle where they are or off classic random if it will happen or not

While im not sure about if co-op has been done yet or not im out of the pokemon scene and have been since Pokemon Crystal, those was my gripes from back in those days going from Red to Yellow to Gold to Crystal, but from what I hear, not much has changed in most aspects. New Maps even more monsters same plot is what i've been told

 

[ZerOmega]

MORE COWBELL!!

Seriously though, I'd love to see some variation on the battle grounds, like water type pokemon would get some benefit when fighting on/in water.

 

[inglioti]

i wish they would add a speed up button like when the spacebar when you play on an emulator - i played the original yellow on my old chunky gameboy and then all through highschool started playing the newer ones on emulators on my laptop - and playing at 300% makes it so much better.

i played diamond on my friend's DS for a bit, and by god it was slow! i suppose it makes getting the bike a thousand times better, but wandering through grass, hearing a beeping and anticipating a wild pokemon should not be an affair that takes me from my house halfway to uni on the train.

 

[dazdex]

I do like the idea some posted above of the battle grounds affecting the battle, like if you're playing on a mountain water pokemon become considerably weaker(but not usless). Maybe not that extreme even just a added bonus to rock pokemon while on a mountain would be good aswell.

 

[Comic Sans]

I do like the idea some posted above of the battle grounds affecting the battle, like if you're playing on a mountain water pokemon become considerably weaker(but not usless). Maybe not that extreme even just a added bonus to rock pokemon while on a mountain would be good aswell.

I hate the idea of a built-in advantage. We have weather abilities for that. Used properly, rain, sun, hail, and sandstorm all give tremendous advantages, and are a far more strategic part of fighting than an home turf advantage of some kind.

 

[Lazy Kitty]

The ability to join Team Rocket, or start and run your own gang...