JackHandy said:
Then do it again? I feel like Pokemon is similar to Sonic or Streets of Rage etc. Some franchises work well in all styles (Mario, Zelda) and some seem more suited to one particular style and should stay there. Pokemon feels like that sort of franchise to me. |
I'm not ready to put Pokemon in that boat just yet, but I think you're onto something with Pokemon not being stuck to one style like Mario and Zelda. Imagine if GameFreak expanded and had multiple teams, like one full of more youthful devs that are more versed in modern engines and technology that could be given the appropriate time needed to make mainline games on current hardware that fans and critics would find acceptable from a graphical and technical standpoint. And the oldheads can make 2D or even sprite-based games in the same generation that still have mainline gameplay but could have an entirely different story, a story within the same general plot but from a different character, or the exact same story but just with a different art style and one less dimension.
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