Has anybody thought about an idea where GPS-spawned pokémon could be incorporated into a mainseries pokémon game?
I don't know if the 3DS has a built-in GPS, but if it doesn't, perhaps the NX has?
Think about it.. You're casually playing Pokémon Sun, while riding the bus. You arrive at your destination: the ocean/lake/river. Suddenly, along with the pokémon that were normally available on the route you were on, there's a pokémon that's not normally there!
What I think could work if -for example- routes have slots for eight different pokémon. Seven of those could be standardized, but the last one could be added determined by the type of area your GPS locates you in. Similar to how Pokémon Go works.
Take the example I just used. The pokémon that could spawn in the game, could be a Staryu, Slowpoke, Poliwag or even a Dratini. If your destination is more urbanized, the pokémon that could spawn could be anything from Koffing, Meowth, Doduo or even an Eevee. If the area is more forest-like, then the pokémon that could spawn could be stuff like Oddish/Bellsprout, Venonat, Exeggcute, or even a Pinsir/Scyther.
If the route had the standardized pokémon of Rattata, Sandshrew, Pidgey, Spearow, Jigglypuff, Nidoran (M), Nidoran (F).
So, if you're playing while in a city, the route would have:
- 1. Rattata
- 2. Pidgey
- 3. Spearow
- 4. Mankey
- 5. Nidoran (M)
- 6. Nidoran (F)
- 7. Jigglypuff
- 8. Koffing/Meowth/Doduo/Eevee.
If you're playing in an area near a body of water:
- 1. Rattata
- 2. Pidgey
- 3. Spearow
- 4. Mankey
- 5. Nidoran (M)
- 6. Nidoran (F)
- 7. Jigglypuff
- 8. Staryu/Slowpoke/Poliwag/Dratini
Etc.
This seems like an awesome application of the current GPS-technology we're already enjoying in Pokémon Go, without infringing on what that games is about.