Frogger on 24 January 2015
"Yes, I have thought of doing something new, and it makes me very excited to think of new elements for the game. This is just an idea, but as you know, Pokémon is a role-playing game. But, personally, I really like the action type of games, so we just talk about that sometimes. We probably want to add some kind action element to the game." - Junichi Masuda in 2009 to Gameinformer
That's from the Pokemon director himself. He was thinking about adding action elements to Pokemon games. An important thing to note is how he was talking about adding those elements to the RPGs. There have been a lot of action-type Pokemon games since that very interview, but none that do what he's talking about here. Adding action elements to a Pokemon RPG.
