You are in charge of the next Pokemon Video Game

[Gahmstead]

Two things I would definitely do:

1) The fire starter would NOT evolve into a fire-fighting type. Three generations now they have done that. Blaziken, Infernape, and Emboar are all the same type. Where's the imagination?

2) There would be an area where you can specify the type and level of the Pokemon you are training, and have access to wild Pokemon that your type will be either super or regular effective against. This would make level grinding early on in the game easier. It could be set up like the safari zone where you can only take so many steps before getting booted out.