Features of the Future

[Undrave]

What are some features you'd like to see added to future Pokémon games? (The RPG kind)

-I'd like it if our character had a 'PokéPlayer', a sort of mp3 player that you could put buy songs or find songs for IN the game itself (new or old, or even song Nintendo bought the rights to...whatever), maybe even the ability to import Mp3s into the game. Then when you play the music in an area it could attract Pokémons. The type of Pokémon would vary depending on the music. There could also be specific tunes to attract wandering legendaries! There could also be other uses to the music.

-I want field type to have an effect on the battle.

-The size of Pokémons should also be important. A smaller Pokémon should have a dodging bonus against a bigger opponent.

-The option to call a Double Battle when being challenged, or challenging a trainer, not just get stuck on single battles.

I think that's all I can think of.

[InterFed_OV]

I disagree with your opinions. I'm not sure if a DS chip can hold too much more data than what it's programmed with already (aside from the savegame data), so storing MP3's might be too much for it to handle. Maybe a Sound Test option in the Options menu that allows you to hear different BGMs and SFX from the games would be an interesting feature.

I think weather is enough of a field effect on battles. I don't think tall grass, water, caves, or deepsea should have an effect on battles; it should only matter when using the moves Camoflage, Nature Power, and Secret Power. I think they should add Hail as a weather effect, as well as seasons with different weather. Summer would be Sunny with surprise downpours; Spring would have an even mix of Normal, Rain and Sun; Fall would have mostly Normal weather with occasional Hail storms; and Winter would have frequent Hail storms with occasional Normal days. A PokéGear-like radio should have a weather channel with the weather for the current day and predictions for the next day, with a certain degree of innaccuracy, of course, lol :D . Rain and hailstorms should be localized to a certain route or town and the weather radio channel should tell you where they are currently or where they might be on the next day.

The size of Pokémon is only there for show, it has and, IMO, should have no real purpose other than to show how big it would be compared to humans.

In Emerald, there are pairs of people who will gang up on you and challenge you to a double battle, and there're quite a few of them. IMO, it shouldn't be an option and should change only if you fight single trainers multiple times. I think that after so many rematches they should switch it up and battle you 2v2 for a while, and then after getting pwned some more times, they should switch back to 1v1 and continue to cycle back and forth indefinitely.

I think they should have multiplayer linkup modes that allow you to search over a Wi-Fi or InfraRed wireless connection for people who want to battle, trade, chat, mix records, perform Mystery Gift, compete in Contests, or grind berries. I also think that they should be able to unlock secret stuff by linking wirelessly with Pokémon games other than the RPG-types, like Trozei and Dash.

[Undrave]

Yeah maybe not importing Mp3, but what do you think fo the idea of having a player in the game with pre-recorded tunes? Simple stuff like what you get on the Radio in G/S.

Another thing I tought up is that there should be a REAL league. The Elite Four are cool and all but that shouldn't the league because then it becomes way too predictable. The way it should work is that there's an ammount of characters you can end up meeting in a randomly generated tournament structure, so each time in the league is different and you don't know what to expect. There would be more potential participant than spots in the tourney altough your rival would always be in there, the only thing that would change would be WHEN you encounter him/her (the rival would always win his/her matches so you are always assure to meet them, even if it means in the finals). Your Pokémon would be healed betweem the battles but you still would have to do them all in one row and no restock of items. Maybe you'd have to do preliminary rounds like in Advanced Battle where you have to register just one (or 3 maybe?) Pokémon and fight like 3 trainers in a row or something similar. I think it would be more challenging.

And THEN when your the champ you can go around the world hunt down where the Elite Four and challenge them.

[InterFed_OV]

That sounds similar to the Battle Dome in the Frontier. That'd be a great idea to have a randomly generated tournament in which the opponents use strong and moderately strategic Pokémon, and then after you clear so many rounds you face the E4 and the Champ. I don't like the half-team rule, though.

[Undrave]

That sounds similar to the Battle Dome in the Frontier. That'd be a great idea to have a randomly generated tournament in which the opponents use strong and moderately strategic Pokémon, and then after you clear so many rounds you face the E4 and the Champ. I don't like the half-team rule, though.

Maybe not register per se, you could bring a team of 6 Pokémon but you'd be limited to using 3 in the whole match.

Plus if its randomly generated you have to be ready for every possibility and have a well balanced team.

[gymleader15]

What I would like is

1. add accesories to your pokemon or groom your pokemon like in the cartoon when Team Rocket opened Salon ROque!!

2. Also i would like to see more variety of Trainers to pick from, or even better just build your own trainer.

3. Also how about accually saying the attacks, that would be great with the NIntendo DS: just imagine saying "ONIX USE ROCK THROW"

4. Also I would like to see the pokemon acually talk instead of the little noise when they appear. "Groovylee, COrphish, corrr"

and thats all I can think of right NOw, tell me what you think.

[Undrave]

I do hope future DS title will include a voice activated feature, it'd be cool ^^

Oooh... seasons! Hunt Pokémon in the snow or under the blazing sun (I'd also like the return of the solar cycle with actually nighttime)

[Shinto (Advent)]

speaking of the Ds title any news on when its suppose to come out...

[InterFed_OV]

In Japan: Late 2006-early 2007.
In the US: About a year after it comes out in Japan.

[Undrave]

I feel like it's been EONS since we had a new game ^^;;

Must be because I didn't FireRed/LeafGreen or Emerald :p

Altough I wish I did get emerald to try out the Battle Frontier :/

[Charninja]

Making it an MMORPG would be a pretty nifty place to start...

[Undrave]

Making it an MMORPG would be a pretty nifty place to start...

Yeah that's a given XD