Why Hasn't Nintendo Really Pushed Pokemon on Home Consoles?

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irstupid said:

i think their concept for Pokemon is that your handheld device is essentially your "real life pokeball" and thus the games work like a "real life MMO"

You walk around in REAL life and meet another person with the game, a trainer if you will, and then battle and/or trade with them.

A console game doesn't capture that essence.   I've been for years wanting and wishing for a MMO pokemon.  Not to long ago I realized that it has always bean an MMO.   Obviously not what MMO stands for in "online" part, but same gist.  

thank you! this answers the question for me.  I always wondered about that, this makes perfect sense