Tof had some pretty good ideas for pokemon, and perhaps it would improve the game. The best improvement would to be to not play it at all. While that would end this post here, I've decided to throw in my opinions on what I think should change.
Problem: Why the heck are we still "collecting" data on every pokemon? There are "people" in this pokemon world who own/breed/research various different types of pokemon. By now, there should be some kind of pokewiki or something, and since the pokedex is essentially a smartphone/tablet finding anything would be as easy as turning the damn thing on.
Solution: Pokewiki that shit.
Problem: The game's mechanic and essential message is to capture every pokemon and then bloat about it to your friend like you're special (but deep down you know you're not). But what do you really get in the end? Essentially you get a message that says "you've done it. good job." That's prety much it. You can also tell all your friends but you'd look like an idiot who wasted their time collecting digital animals.
Solution: Sure you can collect them all but there should be consequences for your collecting actions. That nice statue in your hometown might be something but there should be negative consequences as well. Like there should be a pokemon activist group that keeps bugging you as you keep capturing more. They should also have the ability to harass you and free some of your pokemon that you aren't supervising. Certain towns who are against stuff like pokemon battling should also ban you from entering while pokemon fetish cities would welcome you like some hero.
Problem 1: You're "collecting" pokemons or just traveling in a horrid speed to the next town for whatever reason and each trainer on that path wants to battle you for no reason other than the fact that you happen to be going that way.
Solution 1: I can understand forcing a player into their first battle to teach them the gaming battle mechanism, but for the rest of the game I should have a choice. If the NPC is interested they should give you the option of saying no. As a pokemon trainer I don't want to be battling a little girl standing randomly in the middle of a pokemon infested field at night to test who has a stronger set of pokemons.
Problem 2: That damn pokemon is too strong. Those NPC keeps battling me.
Solution 2: Why don't they have pokeguns yet? This would solve a lot of problems in the game.
KLODIKE BAR uses MINTY FREEZE on PIKACHU. It's SUPER EFFECTIVE!
Use Item -> Pokegun -> Shoot pokemon -> Legs
TRAINER uses POKEGUN. KLONDIKE BAR is critically wounded!
Use Item -> Pokeball
You got a KLONDIKE BAR!
POKEDEX
Problem: Why the heck are we still "collecting" data on every pokemon? There are "people" in this pokemon world who own/breed/research various different types of pokemon. By now, there should be some kind of pokewiki or something, and since the pokedex is essentially a smartphone/tablet finding anything would be as easy as turning the damn thing on.
Solution: Pokewiki that shit.
COLLECT WITH CONSEQUENCES
Problem: The game's mechanic and essential message is to capture every pokemon and then bloat about it to your friend like you're special (but deep down you know you're not). But what do you really get in the end? Essentially you get a message that says "you've done it. good job." That's prety much it. You can also tell all your friends but you'd look like an idiot who wasted their time collecting digital animals.
Solution: Sure you can collect them all but there should be consequences for your collecting actions. That nice statue in your hometown might be something but there should be negative consequences as well. Like there should be a pokemon activist group that keeps bugging you as you keep capturing more. They should also have the ability to harass you and free some of your pokemon that you aren't supervising. Certain towns who are against stuff like pokemon battling should also ban you from entering while pokemon fetish cities would welcome you like some hero.
FAWK BACKTRACKING
Problem: You're doing fine and then you find that you cannot move on until you get xxx ability. You can't enter this area till later. Backtracking is the most idiotic thing ever. You made me suffer through a long painful walk or mode of transportation then you tell me I have to go back to access the new area?
Solution: Hire better level designers. THE BARD ONLY GOES ONE WAY. FORWARD.
MANDATORY NPC BATTLES + GUNS!
Solution 1: I can understand forcing a player into their first battle to teach them the gaming battle mechanism, but for the rest of the game I should have a choice. If the NPC is interested they should give you the option of saying no. As a pokemon trainer I don't want to be battling a little girl standing randomly in the middle of a pokemon infested field at night to test who has a stronger set of pokemons.
Problem 2: That damn pokemon is too strong. Those NPC keeps battling me.
Solution 2: Why don't they have pokeguns yet? This would solve a lot of problems in the game.
KLODIKE BAR uses MINTY FREEZE on PIKACHU. It's SUPER EFFECTIVE!
Use Item -> Pokegun -> Shoot pokemon -> Legs
TRAINER uses POKEGUN. KLONDIKE BAR is critically wounded!
Use Item -> Pokeball
You got a KLONDIKE BAR!
I WANNA BE THE VILLAIN
PROBLEM: I want to collect pokemons but leveling them up is so damn boring. Damn I'm at a cave and I need some kind of fire pokemon to light my way. All these trainers around this area have one...
SOLUTION: I agree. There should be an option where you get to be criminals and steal other people's pokemon. Sure you'll get heckled and the police will be after you, but the point of the game is to collect right? Why waste time leveling up your own pokemon when you can take some other sucker's pokemon who did all the hard work for you?
PLAYING WITH MY POKEBALLS
PROBLEM: You really like collecting things.
SOLUTION: Have the ability for you to modify the pokeballs! Pretty soon you'll be collecting things like Nurse Joys, Officers Jennys, and random NPC trainers!
I know these suggestions aren't meant to be taken too seriously, but I love the idea of playing as a team rocket character.
ReplyDeleteAnd yea, the damn pokedex should at least contain the entries of the pokemons from the previous game.
Motified pokeballs would be pretty awesome to have. :D
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