Pokemon Go is the first mobile game that, instead of offering spinnofs to the mobile market, will bring the main mechanics of the Pokemon games to the phones and tablets of everyone. Capturing, training, trading, battling... It will all be possible with that game. Obviously, people are pretty excited. But how will it affect the next generation of Pokemon games?

It's plausible to think that the next pokemon games will allow some form of connection between them and Go. That might alter the view of the series for most fans and non fans. Will the non fans start buying the main games? Will the fans be satisfied with Go alone and stop buying games? What features can GameFreak bring to the games to take advantage of Go?

I think it won't affect it too much.. people that like the main series will continue to play it and probably won't leave

I don't think it will attract new people to the game since most people that play games have heard of Pokemon before

It won't affect the series much, if at all

I think it'll work as Nintendo said they're planning to use their Mobile games: as an advertisment for the real game that gives sneak peeks of some of the mechanics, I can see it improving the sales for the main series title, I'm shure Pokémon from Pokémon GO will be transferable either on the last Game/s of VI° gen or the first games of VII° gen

When has anything affected the main series of Pokemon.