Pokemon can be so much more.

[XanderXT]

teigaga said:

XanderXT said:
You know how much that cost? It would cost more than GTA V! That game had budgets that would put to shame most movies! Nintendo's budgets on games would be equivalent to most comedy movies. Even if they made this game, what if it flops? HUGE LOSSES FOR NINTENDO OF COURSE!

I really don't see where these imaginary costs would be coming from to make it more then GTA V? The game would comparable to any other open world game filled with distinct locations, NPC and Monsters. Infact the more simplistic artsyle will make it far easier then those comparable games. The only thing they'd need to be wary of is how many pokemon to include, instead of having all gens they would have to  opt for a select 250 Pokemon. And lets be honest, modelling and animating the likes of pickachu, squirtle and  geodude isn't exactly gonna be as tasking as creature set in a realistic fantasy world.  Also if you look at something like GTA huge expensive go into the cinematics, presumably this game wouldn't be too heavy on that.

It would be a huge undertaking no doubt, but not impossibly expensive. They could make their money of course, just not on a tiny userbase like the Wii U. I imagine they'd need to sell 4m upwards for such a title to break even (assuming they go all out on the visuals like the pokemon battle revolution teaser trailer)

4 million? New Super Mario Bros. U hasn't even reached 4 million, and it's the best selling Wii U game.