I worry sometimes, about the franchise dying too, but if you think on it - it isn't likely to happen very soon.
For one thing - much as I love most of the pokemon games - they haven't exactly worked themselves to death creativity-wise, have they? Someone on the first page mentioned the pattern of the RPGs ~ win badges, battle bad guys, EV train. It's been exactly like that for...how many years now? Thirteen something?
On the off chance that the thing does get old (and I don't think it will since new generations will get to know it just as the previous ones get tired of it), they still have a small million of ways to alter the gameplay in order to make it more interesting or refreshing.
Uuuuhm, let's see...change starter types. Create dialogue options for the main character, thus giving him/her a shot at developing a personality. Make the characters' appearance customizable. Introduce optional, hidden gyms to unlock /insertrandomgamebonusthing/. Make the first pokemon in party follow the player like Pikachu in Yellow (remember that? ^.^).
I mean, I'm just typing off the top of my head here and the possibilities are endless, but really, anything from the smallest of tweaks to major gameplay changes will cause an uproar and an incredible boost to the developers' income.
Come on. If ONE thing was changed and then advertised, most of us would buy like mad. ' It's actually kind of disturbing. (._. )
For one thing - much as I love most of the pokemon games - they haven't exactly worked themselves to death creativity-wise, have they? Someone on the first page mentioned the pattern of the RPGs ~ win badges, battle bad guys, EV train. It's been exactly like that for...how many years now? Thirteen something?
On the off chance that the thing does get old (and I don't think it will since new generations will get to know it just as the previous ones get tired of it), they still have a small million of ways to alter the gameplay in order to make it more interesting or refreshing.
Uuuuhm, let's see...change starter types. Create dialogue options for the main character, thus giving him/her a shot at developing a personality. Make the characters' appearance customizable. Introduce optional, hidden gyms to unlock /insertrandomgamebonusthing/. Make the first pokemon in party follow the player like Pikachu in Yellow (remember that? ^.^).
I mean, I'm just typing off the top of my head here and the possibilities are endless, but really, anything from the smallest of tweaks to major gameplay changes will cause an uproar and an incredible boost to the developers' income.
Come on. If ONE thing was changed and then advertised, most of us would buy like mad. ' It's actually kind of disturbing. (._. )
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