GameFreak pretty much has it made with the established Pokémon formula. Ten years on and the series is still going strong, even after the huge Pokémania craze died down. Despite still being able to release the game as an RPG with only incremental changes, the team is always considering new ideas, one of which may be an action title.
"Yes, I have thought of doing something new, and it makes me very excited to think of new elements for the game," said game director Junichi Masuda to Game Informer. "... This is just an idea but ... as you know, Pokémon is a role-playing game. But, personally, I really like the action type of games, so we just talk about that sometimes. We probably want to add some kind action element to the game."
I think quite a few fans would love some sort of third-person action title in which they can take on the role of one of their favorite Pokémon. Such a thing might prove a little too violent for the kiddies, but would you be interested in such a game? I'd love to get a hands-on experience of what it's like to personally kick the sh*t out of a Jigglypuff.
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A current-gen 3D Pokemon game with an open world filled with cities and towns would is more appealing to me, and this statement is coming from an action genre junkie!
Frankly, if a Pokémon action game were made, and it were good, I'd play it. I have no qualms against the pocket monsters.
I think anything that would get the pokemon to be more animated would be a plus. They're so damn stoic, I've never understood how people have found that entertaining.
There had to be some pokemon out there eating eachother. Where are all the half eaten corpses. Where are the scenes of multiple Evee hunting down and eating an unguarded Pigey?
There are Pokedex entries that suggest Pokemon kill and eat other Pokemon in the Wild.
I don't remember which, but they're there.
I'm totally serious. I don't want to play as the fuckers. that gives them too much fucking personality and would skew my perspecive when i play a regular pokemon game.
anybody agree?
And, of course, the aforementioned PokeMMO still needs to show up one day...
But I guess whatever is made with the Pokemon Brand on it, loads of Pokefans will buy the game just for the hell of buying something which is 'Pokemon'. I mean, I'd be one of those people. :3