A pokemon MMO sounds great. I would buy that right away. I think it would be pretty popular. As for the live action part I'm not sure if everyone would like that. I know the it would be more like the anime but most fans are accustomed to it being turn-based.

I think it's too early to develop an MMO. The technology is there, but few MMOs have been released in consoles (let's see how FFXIV will do). I think Pokémon needs a revolution in the battle system, which is too simple (maybe there's why people like it, but...), in a way similar when Effort first came in Ruby & Sapphire.

In fact, I think this training system needs new features too. Although I think it's a great mark on the series, Effort Training is too repetitive and maybe that's why people end up by using Pokésav and alikes.

Exploration could be different, too. I've always though of exploring gigantic cities by unlocking "areas", which would be selected at the entrance. Sounds interesting for me.

To keep the series at least changing a bit in a while, I don't mind new moves or abilites, I just don't want ANY new Pokémon created: Zoroark really resembles a Telefang monster (or, as we, know in the West, Pokémon Diamond & Jade).

It isn't pokemon without it being turn-based.

This should launch alongside wii's successor, I almost wholeheartedly agree with your notion and have been thinking along similar lines for a long timeand i have decided the wii can't achieve the scope that this game would need to achieve. It would be amazing to actually have a game that played out more like the anime than the turn based pokemon we have currently.

Battle choices would still be important, and Relative speed and intensity of the move of the two pokemon should determine how frequently you can use specific attacks.

For instance the speed stat will be used to determine how quickly your GCD (global cooldown ala wow) will refresh.

Special Defense and Attack will also determine how often and quickly you can use those ultimate moves like Hyper Beam and how effective they are.

Have a pokemon with a ton of speed but low special attack? then he is unable to use moves like hyper beam very often but can tackle you to death.

You shouldn't be able to "fly" anywhere with your pokemon, even after you learn the "fly" ability, because it would enable you to just fly quickly to any location, and transport is a crucial element of succesfully recreating the pokemon universe (ASH doesn't just fly everywhere). Trains, Boats even planes should be much more efficient at getting you places than flying with a pokemon or surfing with one, but you can do so for a limited time if you see a "tentacruel" you want to catch in the distance or you need to catch that pidgeot flying overhead.

Legendary pokemon should remain uncatchable for the most part, except after you have achieved certain things in the universe itself, and you can only own one of each legendary (No stacking Mewtwo's o Tyrannitar's or Dragonite's (yes i know they aren't specifically legendary but there stats are still overwhelming).

All this while persistently having near 50,000 people running on each server, would probably be the only MMO that could topple WoW's popularity and create some Serious $$$ for Nintendo.

Actually now that i've been exposed to it, i would really like to try a Pokemon game with a Tales-style battle system. A similar setup, in that you have four moves at any given time that you're actually mapped to use, but can execute the various techniques in real-time, attack, special attack, or pokemon's various support moves

It would be the best way to translate pokemon style fighting into something more real-time.

When i first saw Pokemon stadium i though it was going to be like Super Smash Brothers, but i was wrong.

Nintendo needs to make it happen.

No. Why would we be? It's fun.

If you want Pokemon with action, go play Monster Hunter. Pokemon is fine as it is.

I was being sarcastic. I'm not tired of them either, but are you telling me that if Nintendo made a Pokemon MMO with 10,000 + players per server you would'nt play it?

I wouldn't.