You are in charge of the next Pokemon Video Game

[Xannidel]

(06-29-2012 10:40 AM)damerdar Wrote:  The gameplay is completely overhauled. Instead of turn-based combat, the battles are in real time, with the player taking direct control of the pokemon. The battles would be very similar to the battles from the show, where the pokemon are actively dodging, and moving the terrain, as well as transforming the battlefield as they leave craters and other terrain features caused by their abilities.

The player would be able to start in any of the regions, but once they beat the first region, they would be able to travel to any of the others. Each region would have its own elite four, but there would be a National Elite that can only be challenged once the player has defeated each of the elite four.

The legendary pokemon would be much more difficult to obtain, and would have game-changing effects on the world, akin to one of the movies. If the player wants to capture one of the legendary creatures, they are going to have to go on an intense adventure just for a single chance.

The game would also be much more adult. Team Rocket isn't some silly group of goons that mess around in the world. They are a terrorist organization, capable of wreaking havoc in the world and, if left alone, possibly able to level cities and control the world with their technology and pokemon. The same goes for some of the other teams, although there would be a mastermind behind all the teams that stays in the shadows and controls their actions.

The world would be much more massive than in any of the games, because the world is really a world. Viridian Forest isn't a small forest that can be traversed in 10 minutes. It is a full forest, with a lot more hidden in its depths than a few bug catchers and a great ball. All of those interesting adventures that happen in the show? Those are somewhere in there, or something akin to the them.

Most of the HM's are gone. If a player wants to surf to a small island, they can get a pair of swim trunks and eventually a surf-board, which would act as a bike for in the water. If a player wants to see in the dark, get a freakin' flashlight. If they want to get past a small shrubbery, just walk past it. Pokemon that could use HM's before, can instead do these kind of things in battle. If a pokemon could learn surf, than they can swim fairly quickly in combat. If they could learn fly, they can literally fly around the battlefield. If they could learn strength, they might start chucking boulders and such about the battlefield, without the need of a move that does this.

On the subject of moves. Each pokemon would still only have the 4 moves that they could know, but some of the moves are built into every pokemon. The pokemon would have extra slots specifically for normal, melee attacks, such as tackle, scratch, and slash. In addition, some abilities might be completely re-done or reimagined. Quick attack now increases the pokemon's movement and attack speed for a short time, while fire punch might "enchant" the pokemon's melee attacks for a short time to deal additional fire damage.

Wow, I wrote a lot more than I expected myself to.

On the topic of real time combat, is that not what Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is going to do with the familiars?