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Pokemon has always been one of the leading titles on the Nintendo handheld systems; becoming a common household game to play and something almost everyone has heard of. Due to the success of Pokemon GO, the augmented reality mobile game featuring the Pocket Monsters, it has again become as popular as it was in it’s prime. This led to the newest addition to the series, Pokemon Sun/Moon to become the most pre-ordered Pokemon in history and causing the Nintendo 3DS console to sell out worldwide. In the future, we hope to see this series continue and it will on the Nintendo Switch; which is Nintendo’s new home console, handheld hybrid coming in March of 2016. On this console, will be the edition of Pokemon titled Pokemon Stars, which is a compilation game of the Sun and Moon editions, including Pokemon from both games. This is pretty common occurrence in the series and has happened in almost every Pokemon release, except for the previous most recent editions – Pokemon X and Y. Although a Pokemon Z was rumoured, it never came to light – it could possibly come out on the Switch, although it is unlikely.
The Switch itself is an extreme upgrade on the 3DS, being capable of playing Skyrim and other beautiful titles such as the yet-to-be-released Zelda: Breath of the Wild – which won E3 this year. This is a big step up from the mediocre performance and graphics that the 3DS was capable of; causing the latest Pokemon release to have serious frame-rate issues when you were battling more than one Pokemon. With these new changes, we can expect a different kind of Pokemon experience, as it will be the first main entry to the series to be on a home console. Although core elements of the series remain, the game has changed dramatically since its debut on the Gameboy. Although all the upgrades to the game we want will not be possible to put into the Stars game, as it may change the gameplay too much from the ones on which it is based; we hope they come later on in the series as it progresses on better hardware – this is our list:
Graphics Overhaul:
Nintendo has never been one to care about graphics, but have always been open to upgrading the graphics of their games on newer and better hardware. The visual fidelity of Breath of the Wild on the Switch proves that games can still keep their roots, but can be greatly improves by amazing visuals. YouTuber CryZENx provides us with what Pokemon could look like on modern technology.
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More Player Models and Occupations:
Anyone who has been playing Pokemon for even the slightest bit of time will recognise the quirky trainers which you encounter in the game. Unfortunately, due to many of the same character models seemingly overlapping, the immersion seems to fade away and become quite stale. Although this has improved with the recent additions to the series, it still isn’t perfect yet.
Ability for 4th Person Experience:
Many of us who started on the first few Pokemon do miss the original view of how the game operated, which was from a top-down perspective, as opposed to the more 3rd person view we seem to get now. Many people like the new view, but it would be nice for nostalgia for people to be able to switch between the two so older players aren’t alienated. This view is possible as there are some areas in the new game which are so close-cornered that the view much change to that way, so we know it’s possible and looks good.
Sound Other Than Music:
Pokemon games have always been famous for their great sound design, which really gets you involved in the game. But the game itself also requires a lot of reading – this was good a few years back but now gamers have become accustomed to player voices being heard in games – this would be nice to see in the Pokemon series.
The Ability to Turn Tutorial Off:
Pokemon never really changes much mechanically over the years, and it can become quite frustrating when every new game treats you like a newbie over and over again – there should be a mode to switch on which allows players to get a less hand-holdy experience.
No Loading Times:
The 3DS was never capable of doing much, but a system that can run Skyrim should be able to hold a Pokemon world that is seamless to explore without different areas needing to load.
Seamless Multiplayer:
This has been a disaster at times and has even been the bane of some games like Watch Dogs 2 – but if it is truly optional then seamless multiplayer like in Dark Souls would be awesome. Being able to interact with real trainers out there would be a great experience and addition to Pokemon.
A Living World:
Pokemon is a world that only changes when you interact with it, but if AI were allowed to walk around and interact with each other without player interaction, then that would make the world a lot more interesting. This occurs in many RPG’s nowadays, if not most. This would be like having trainers meet each other and fight each other in front of you or wild Pokemon attacking each other randomly. Or even just townspeople walking around the cities on a non-set route.
Well – this is our list of improvements, but we would like to hear of what you would like to see in future Pokemon games on the Nintendo Switch!