I remember when Legends Arceous was first announced, people were celebrating that Game freak were getting the right the idea to how to make 3d open world pokemon game.
But seeing Scarlet and Violet gameplay just make me think...
You get the legendary right from the start and only it can be used to explore the world. The rest of the other mons have no use other than battling.
Idk, I always had the idea from the first games that you jump in the world practically barebones, so you evolve your team to learn more abilities to go even deeper in the exploration of the world and the pokemon mysteries.
This is far left from what I think it would be the right direction for 3d open world pokemon game.
Just for starters...
Fauna: still tossed around in the scenario, pokemon roaming around, with idle and rest animations. While my idea of having a dynamic and lively wildlife, exploring every single uniqueness from each species (similar to pokemon snap), doesn't look to be their priority.
World Exploration: Evolve the idea to make your pokemon team to use their abilities to explore the world. Not only fly and swim. What happened to flash, strength, dive? You could have many other abilities that already exist to use as world exploration or puzzle solving techniques, like Minimize to enter in small sections...
The possibilities are infinite but it looks even less used for the next interaction. You just walk, swim, fly and catch pokemons in a uninspiring map
Pokemon Company really should think off a spin-off series with this focus in mind. Maybe a Kanto remake, because I know putting the entire dex with this specifications would be far demanding.
So anything you wanna opine about the points that I raised? What we have nowadays in the game is enough? What you think that defines the franchise? Looking forward for your contribution in this thread
UPDATE 27/02/2026
Fingers crossed for Winds and Waves. It looks really promising
Last edited by 160rmf - 16 hours ago
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