How To Update Pokemon?

[Tourmaline]

They should expand on the Furfrou hair trim thing.

 

Or let you give Pokemon accessories.

 

They do love personalization so much.

[Maeriberii Haan]

I like Hina's idea tbh.

 

For something that in-game is said to encompass more than battles, it's still always the main point and meat of the game.

 

Giving the games more and more touch of pet sim (like Amie), personalization, making more new side things like contests and similar things, etc, would be a nice spin for the game itself.

[Fusion X. Denver]

Giving the games more and more touch of pet sim (like Amie), personalization, making more new side things like contests and similar things, etc, would be a nice spin for the game itself.

I'd be down if Pokémon had alternate "routes" for what you could do in the main campaign.

One is the standard journey to collect all the badges and fight the E4, another can be as a new recruit for the bad guy team, contest coordinating, etc. I know these are all kinda covered already through just doing contests and infiltration missions, but that'd be interesting if they had multiple stories to play within one game.

Also agree with the HM thing needing to go. I'd say let HMs themselves stay, but have them not take one of the 4 moveslots.

[Yosuke-kun]

How about dialogue choices? Let me have an MC with a personality that I want it to have. Heck, how about being able to talk down of the 'evil teams' members if I say the right things? Let the story subtly change depending on my dialogue choices.

 

How about a relationship system? I can get closer to characters and learn more about them, let them join me in double battles. Get in a relationship with one?

 

So you basically want Pokesona? Hey I' down. It's not like anyone would be against it either. I mean Ash travels around with a JRPG party in the show, so I think kids might like it as long as it's not too complex.

 

I think giving Pokemon a co-op option would be really cool, and we are in an age where this is a very possible thing. Plus it'd make getting Pokemon you can't get in your version a little easier while still encouraging you to cooperate with other people with the game. They could do a "World Drop in" sorta thing, where you basically set yourself to online mode and then anyone can join in on the fun. It's doable, and I think they should give it a shot.

 

The other thing I think, just to expand on Nai's idea, maybe make it so that there's different "faction" storylines? What I mean is, you could still have the standard "get dah badges and beat dah league" but then also have a story based around winning contests or being the best Rhyhorn racer (which I was really disappointed you never got to do in X/Y) or something. Just so that it feels like it's not the same goal every time or that you have more player agency.