| Dulfite said: I just hope the new core game gets away from all the simple child friendly level designs and stories from Sunmoon. I want heavy concepts, with tricky levels to navigate, and characters that are all unique sounding and looking. In SM you just go against the same team members like the whole time and it's so boring! |
Game Freak acknowledges that most Pokemon fans are kids rather than adults. Incorporating any complex level designs that are difficult to navigate would alienate a large chunk of Pokemon fans. I can see Let's GO as being a way to separate those fanbases where Let's GO will be a primarily casual experience with plentiful hand-holding and nostalgia-pandering to introduce or reintroduce people to the series. Especially with the simplified catching mechanics.
Gen 8, imaginatively, will be a core game that appeals to traditional fans and will eliminate the hand-holding Sun and Moon had, with traditional catching mechanics and progression. Although I won't bet on the idea of there being an improved storyline or more intricate locations. I could see there being less-linear progression though, given that there won't be much hand-holding. Again, this is speculation, but it would be ingenious of Game Freak to have developed these Let's GO spinoffs for the casual crowd, and keep the continuing Gens for veterans. Then once casual fans have had their fix on Let's GO and are interested in trying a main series game, Gen 8 might be for them.
