Pokemon art director wants to take series back to basics

Why does the Art Director have anything relevant to say besides "wish Nintendo would stop making us create Objectmons"?

Maybe a Pokémon game with all f*&^in Pokémons for once

Pokemon MMO - there I said it.

That sounds like a horrible idea. Why limit the games variety/potential? The big changes made in this game are why I keep playing it. I've put 160+ hours into it already. I haven't been so addicted to a Pokemon game since Ruby/Sapphire (which also had its fair amount of changes). If they go back to basics with the next game, I'm out.

There's stil a third version after X and Y before he even thinks of going back.

Should've stayed at 251 Pokemon..............

I just want an ultimate pokemon game where I can visit all the regions that have been introduced. That would keep me busy for at least 2 months.

They should make a Wii U console game based off Pokemon: The Origins complete with cut scenes and dialog. That would be one way to return to the basics.

My name is JOLTD, and I disapprove this message. The stats, abilities, moves, and pokemon are what makes pokemon fresh and more strategic, I say more pokemon! (but not another typing)

I like all the stuff, I wish there was more in these games. I'd like a full WiiU console game for this series already. You can grow up to be a Pokemon Master. Or become a Pokemon Watcher and have gameplay like Pokemon Snap. OR you can focus entirely on Pokemon contests and have the best Pokemon for using in contests even if they aren't the greatest for battle. Oh and did I forget to mention it should also include the entire Pokemon Card Game so players can focus on playing the card game exclusively. I love becoming a Pokemon master and all, but I think these games should finally just become a fully realized world that the loads of games, movies, comics, and shows have shown us for all these years. If making this kind of epic scope type of game requires the WiiU home system to make, then so be it. I will be the first person in line to buy it. Nintendo NEEDS TO MAKE THIS KIND OF GAME ALREADY.

What they really need to do is return the Pokemon designs to the basics. Almost all Pokemon in the last few generations have been terrible from either being to stupid, to complex, or both. Try looking at the best Pokemon of generation 1, 2 and arguably 3 and see what made them good and maybe you'll realize how to make a starting trio where the best Pokemon isn't the old Warner Brothers mascot painted blue with a woolly mane.

It'll probably be interesting however i think a lot of people who think Blue/Red/Yellow were the best are saying that due to nostalgia. I think pokemon has improved, albiet the new designs aren't as good with X/Y.

I've been having an amazing time with X. I love going through this massive world with crazy and unpredictable monsters. In fact I think much of pokemon is too limited. An open world pokemon game with the same dynamics as the handhelds and not just a fighting game roster would actually be a reason I'd buy a WiiU.

That would not be the best idea. Red/Blue are still good games, but only because of it being the first of its kind and nostalgia. The mechanics in the game were broken beyond repair, and each generation has been infinitely more player friendly than the first. Limiting the attack and item selection is just kind of random and really does not make any sense. Pokemon X and Y did a perfect job at making EVERYTHING more accessible than any other previous generation. It may be the best one yet in that regard.

I love the older games but after playing the newer games I would find the simplicity from the older games to be a little boring but nostalgic compared to the newer ones I mean X & Y got everything perfect except the part that finding more "Rare" pokemon is a huge pain.

The main problem is that there are too many Pokemon to catch, everytime there is a new Pokemon, the old ones comes to the new Pokemon game is whats the problem so please Gamefreak, start back from the start, just plain new Pokemon from 1-150 like as if it was a new start for this series and please don't bring the old Pokemon. Back then I collected 150 pokemon from Red/Blue/Yellow and I have not catch all Pokemon from that point on, there is just way too many for me to start again.

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Maybe, if we stop buying pokemon games on handheld, they'll give us an open world mmorpg. I WILL NEVER STOP DREAMING. T_T

Just so you guys know, GameFreak already announced that a Pokemon game for consoles will not happen at all since they believe the handheld consoles is where Pokemon belongs.

In terms of the article, I think that the game is fine. With the assortment of movesets and the mechanics of Pokemon IV's and EV's, it makes for a really good hardcore game, which Nintendo barely has in its arsenal these days.

However, future Pokemon appearances could use some changes...considering the cotton candy Pokemon doesn't exactly make sense...at all.

I absolutely agree with him. Another thing I've noticed about the new games is that they require a furore of clicks to get anything done compared to the vanilla games.

I haven't actually tried X/Y yet because I don't have a 3DS, but I have a DS, and this is the sort of things that just annoyed me like crazy:

Using a potion in Pokemon Gold: Down -> Items -> Select item -> Choose pokemon
Using a potion in Pokemon Heartgold: Down -> Left (or use Stylus, ugh) -> Items -> Potions -> Select item -> Confirm -> Choose Pokemon

It's just annoying to play with all those popups. From what I can tell in Let's Plays, this hasn't changed in X/Y.

I want the ultimate Classic Pokemon all HD, it may be what saves the WiiU heh

Pokemon Yellow + With the openworld of Skyrim :)

I agree the amount of items right now is insane and it increases every generation. Every game now has to have appliances to change rotoms forms, meteors for deoxys, orbs for the creation trio, plates for Arceus, gene splicers for kyurem etc etc. I'd like to see a game where they cut down on the clutter and make catching them all a more realistic possibility than it is now. Perhaps in a spin off game I mean its not like they cant afford to take a risk with the series.

agree with everybody else here. there's no need to keep replaying the same game every 10 years or so. make a whole new adventure with the original pokemon.. better yet just make a full on 3D-modeled pokemon game for Wii U. it'll save Wii U and sell amazingly well. guaranteed.

that said, from a PROUD "genwunner" (first gen is best, just admit it) X and Y were pretty good games. first time i've been genuinely interested in pokemon since ruby and sapphire.

Pokemon Red & Blue remake for Nintendo Wii U would be a great idea!

I would love to play a HD Pokemon RPG adventure on console.

if they go back to that original 151 pokemon then there needs to be something to be that hook for people to play, overall most people won't be happy if they just recreated blue and red (as its already been done with firered and leafgreen anyway). if they are to do this then a wide net of features should be available then just catching pokemon and/or battling with them, maybe have something like pokemon snap added so that people can take pictures of pokemon, (like in x and y how you can use the camera ingame) but thats how i see it working out a recreated game probably wont work.

I say go back to the original 151 and make a game that plays differently for once. The series doesn't need simplicity, it needs a new direction.

I think the attacks and ability's are great. They could stop adding them all the time in new games though and leave the attacks and ability's at what is out now for a while.

I think the customisation and diversity is what makes the Pokemon games so great!

As much as I love his artwork and what he's contributed to the series, I really have to disagree with him here. I cutting back sounds a lot like dumbing down. We'll always have our fond memories of Gen 1, but when you get right down to it there were a lot of things back then that just wouldn't hold up anymore. The Pokémon games *have* improved over time, and for good reason. Taking stuff away now would only be removing options available to the player.

Stick with gen 1 only :P

He wants to take the series back-to-basics? That would only be necessary if the series had changed at all since the first games.