I wonder how many pokemon it would cut down if you only needed to first evolution as a physical toy? Maybe it would be a game back to the roots and only deal with the original? That would be an easy solution. The problem though is if it plays similar to catching pokemon to battle, would you have to buy a toy to actually use the ones you caught? I suppose that wouldn't be too bad as long as all pokemon were relatively capable fighters and the pokemon you catch can do things/help you somehow without needing the toy. Yeah, the toys would just train a pokemon for battle. You could still catch them and use them for moves like cut and fly.
Hopefully those pokemon toys aren't expensive, and you get a starter pokemon with the game. You could probably easily beat the game with your starter pokemon and maybe a couple others. So it wouldn't be neccessary to invest a lot of money. The initial game and $5 here and $5 there.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
