| RPG said: Pokemon has been around for 10+ years now :O and I have to say very shockingly it has still not seen a full scale version on home console like Diamond/Crystal/Green for the handhelds. What on earth could be the reason for this, surely they can employ more people at GameFreak to make a console game. 10 million sales for a console version no problem, no problem at all. |
I have been a major advocator for a Pokemon MMORPG. Eventhough I am against MMORPGs myself and various other things that would make this idea bad. However, if they put their minds to it, Nintendo and Game Freak could make this game the best MMORPG ever made. Cel Shaded graphics like the Anime, all the locations from the Anime and games, classes like Berry Farmer, Psychic/Water/Fire Trainer etc giving each type items and class benefits and more. There's just one problem.
Pokemon is the best selling handheld series ever. And as such, they aren't going to give it any competition. Including within its own series. So that means the best we are going to see from it on consoles is what we have seen. Simple 3D Battle Arena games or Dungeon crawlers where you can upload your Pokemon and gain small trinkets that can be given to your Pokemon.
So while I think Pokemon can go well beyond its boundaries currently, I realize why they aren't. And it would have a secondary side-effect. Back when the GBA came out, they reset the series releasing Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green, allowing you to catch all the Pokemon from Red/Blue and Gold/Silver. And now that connectivity has stayed constant all the way through Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. If they were to start an independant Console RPG Series or MMO, those Pokemon couldn't be used. And that would hurt both series.
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