Hello, I haven't posted in a while, but I had this idea, and I wanted to ask the fandom what they think about this.
Pokémon Sword and Shield came out recently, and while I and many others are enjoying this game, it is also true that these games got a lot of bad press, due to GameFreak not programming so many older Pokémon into the game, among other things.
Now, while I've heard many rumors about GameFreak lying about making new models, or wasting space in the code etc. I also think it's insanely difficult to try and balance a game with 890 different creatures, and that's without taking into account things like regional variants or alternate forms.
Now seeing as there is a lot of love for new games in a classic style, such as Undertale and Shovel Knight, it got me thinking. How would people feel about Pokémon taking an approach of having two main series, so to speak. What I mean by that is, they continue to release the 3d new age Pokémon games, but also have something akin to a retro series. Kind of like how Sega now has Classic Sonic making a comeback, alongside Modern Sonic. I feel like it'd be a lot easier for GameFreak to include all of the Pokémon, since all they need is sprites, and not so many animations. It would please a lot of older fans too, that miss the old Gold/Silver graphics, and maybe even the Ruby/Sapphire crowd if they went in that direction for an art style. It'd be more simplistic, but they could still take a lot of liberties. Plus I know a lot of people would love seeing Pokémon from gen VI and onward get the sprite treatment.
So any thoughts? Love it, hate it?
Pokémon Sword and Shield came out recently, and while I and many others are enjoying this game, it is also true that these games got a lot of bad press, due to GameFreak not programming so many older Pokémon into the game, among other things.
Now, while I've heard many rumors about GameFreak lying about making new models, or wasting space in the code etc. I also think it's insanely difficult to try and balance a game with 890 different creatures, and that's without taking into account things like regional variants or alternate forms.
Now seeing as there is a lot of love for new games in a classic style, such as Undertale and Shovel Knight, it got me thinking. How would people feel about Pokémon taking an approach of having two main series, so to speak. What I mean by that is, they continue to release the 3d new age Pokémon games, but also have something akin to a retro series. Kind of like how Sega now has Classic Sonic making a comeback, alongside Modern Sonic. I feel like it'd be a lot easier for GameFreak to include all of the Pokémon, since all they need is sprites, and not so many animations. It would please a lot of older fans too, that miss the old Gold/Silver graphics, and maybe even the Ruby/Sapphire crowd if they went in that direction for an art style. It'd be more simplistic, but they could still take a lot of liberties. Plus I know a lot of people would love seeing Pokémon from gen VI and onward get the sprite treatment.
So any thoughts? Love it, hate it?