Decision

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I was wondering for a while so I thought I'd post it here...

How/Why did they decide that there were going to be 6 Pokemon in your party?

 

[Shiny Heracross]

I don't think they ever mentioned it. Six just sounds...right...if you think about it...

 

[Aquarelle]

I was wondering for a while so I thought I'd post it here...
How/Why did they decide that there were going to be 6 Pokemon in your party?

That's a good question...
Maybe they thought six would be a nice, even number, not too big, or not too small?
If you had five or less pokemon with you, that wouldn't allow you to make your team as diverse, and it would be difficult to cover all the types/standards. More than six would be too much, it would make it even harder to make a team that doesn't have too many weaknesses, and your opponent would have more pokemon, too, which would prolong battles and just make things harder overall.

 

[CassSept]

Well, its just balanced.
Actually, who knows, they had such idea, an only person who knows "why" is Satoshi Tajiri

 

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Whatever the reason is, they stuck to it during the other generations too, or they didn't want to chane too much in each generation.

 

[Manly Blissey]

That's how many they could fit on the screen! lol

 

[Mega Trickster]

That's how many they could fit on the screen! lol

Perfect sense. ._.

Also, it allowed balance of types.

 

[Phillyboomerangs]

i guess they thought it was right maybe they thought of having more or less and some ponit but they picked 6 in the end

 

[AJ Flibble]

6 is a good number to get variety onto teams, and it's a nice round number too... I guess.

 

[The guy from Pireas]

Thats a good question.May be because 6 is a number not big but not small either...

 

[Bulbatordile]

Well...the balance I suppose. Too many would be difficult to manage. Having 6 allows you to cover a good range of types (single or dual) and abilities without becoming too many. Any less and it would be limited. An even number would work best (balance!) 4 is too few...8 is...

Like already said, 6 just seems...right.

 

[XD375]

This is like another rule: Only Four Moves. That's something else in need of a reason.

 

[Jhonny]

Not too big, not too small. Its all I can think of.

 

[Darth_paul]

I'm gonna go with the screen size idea. At first that was the maximum that could be fit on a screen with out everything getting squashed up.

 

[RichRI322]

good question. 6 s a good number i think for battles, so that they are not too long or too short in duration.