| spemanig said: I never said that. I said they could do that. I'm not asking them to. I've been very open that I like that Pokemon is annualized. I've never requested that the stop annualizing. I offered that as a suggestion for how they could accomplish this if they were to do a console release. And no, a massive open world Pokemon is not possible on the 3DS. Your example doesn't describe a massive open world Pokemon game; it describes a none-linear one. Xenoblade Chronicles is massive and open world, yet still even more linear than every Pokemon game. You already know what people mean when they say that, so I don't know why you wasted your time with an example that you already know is not applicable. I have a very common idea of how Pokemon should be handled. An idea that has been ecchoed by fans everywhere to the point that the series director has had to address these ideas on numerous occaisions. An idea that is, without a doubt, what sparked the creation of games like Pokemon Rumble, Pokepark 1+2, and most recently Pokken. I appologize if the way I present these ideas comes off as "distressingly" confrontational, but when I feel like my favorite franchise is taking as many steps backwards as it is forwards, I do get distressed, and I do get confrontational. |
"Massive open world" does not imply free camera control, literally the only difference involving the world between the latest iterations and the game you envision. Check wikipedia: "An open world is a level or game designed as a nonlinear, vast open area with many ways to reach an objective." Pokemon is currently too linear to meet this definition, but if you could battle the gym leaders in any order to reach the objective of the Pokemon League, it would indeed be a massive open world game.
If you like Pokemon being annualized then we agree on less than I thought.
Aonuma also had to address fans pestering him about Majora's Mask, despite it being among the least-popular console Zelda games. A vocal minority will do that. They will also convince themselves that they are not a minority at all.
I don't even understand why this is your favorite franchise. You don't seem to actually like anything about it.
