Idea to play all 5 Regions?

[Sector]

I've always wondered how would everyone loved to play a Pokemon game like this. Play the game A LOT like the journey of Ash. You start in Kanto with the first Start Pokemon and do the story. Each has their newest addition, like FireRed/LeafGreen, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Emerald, Platinum and let's just say Gray. Then after you beat the Elite Fours & Champion Lance, get your Mewtwo, you go to Johto. I would love to play a game to visit Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh & Unova all in one. And facing different Elite Fours/Champions each time. The professor of the region you're leaving gives you the next generation's Pokemon and so on. Unova region will probably be level 100's for the Elite Four/Champion Alder by the time we get there lol

Bad Idea?

 

[Blizz]

I have always wanted to go to other regions too in one game. It would be cool to catch all Pokémon in one game pretty easy and travel between regions. But if Unova's trainers has level 100 Pokémon then it would be very slow and boring to train your Pokémon to higher levels.

But I have to say that this is great idea though few bad things.

 

[XEL]

^ Like the above poster said, while the idea is cool, leveling might become a problem. They might actually have to bypass the 100 limit as well to keep things interesting.

 

[Sector]

^ Like the above poster said, while the idea is cool, leveling might become a problem. They might actually have to bypass the 100 limit as well to keep things interesting.

Two ways I was thinking. Do what Ash does, put the captured Pokemon in the PC and you can only use Pokemon you've caught during your Johto run & before visiting a new region, the professor will grant you one Starter Pokemon before heading to the next region.

OR

Like HeartGold/SoulSilver, Kanto's Gym Leaders are all high levels in the 50's-60's. (Switch Kanto with Johto) Hoenn will have higher, in the 70's or so and there's Sinnoh & Unova for higher leveling, with rematches included. I was also involving each Elite Four for each Regions.

You know, first 4 Elite Four being the original with Blue as Champion, through Johto Blue steps down and you practically rematch Koga, Bruno, and faced the newer Elite Four and face Lance as Champion this time, then face the other Elite Four to face Steven, Cynthia & Alder. I would very much love to face then all in order without switching games lol Red to still be the last strongest trainer?

Team Rocket, Team Magma & Aqua, Team Galactic all to be involved for their specific region would be awesome too.

 

[Disko_Rock]

It would be awesome but I think the game would be too long. I mean that's a grand total of 40 badges plus the option of taking the Battle Frontier/Tower/Subway challenges.

I probably would lose interest halfway through and stop playing. Or what about when you've completed and want to try a different route? You would have to do it all all over again D:
It would definitely get monotonous unless they include some way to add a twist to the story. For example, you might have to help Team Rocket/Magma/Aqua/Galatic/Plasma to take down another team whose goals hinder theirs somehow.

Something like that

 

[Sector]

It would be awesome but I think the game would be too long. I mean that's a grand total of 40 badges plus the option of taking the Battle Frontier/Tower/Subway challenges.

I probably would lose interest halfway through and stop playing. Or what about when you've completed and want to try a different route? You would have to do it all all over again D:
It would definitely get monotonous unless they include some way to add a twist to the story. For example, you might have to help Team Rocket/Magma/Aqua/Galatic/Plasma to take down another team whose goals hinder theirs somehow.

Something like that

True, it may be to long. But if you love Pokemon, the more the better isn't it? I can never get tired of it all myself, but maybe this idea is just perfect for me? :(

Battle Frontier/Tower/Subway..well..I don't even know where to begin. I'm sure something would be created, a NEW Battle Zone to combine them but separated into different categories. I don't know..it's complicated for this lol

 

[Black Bolt]

Two ways I was thinking. Do what Ash does, put the captured Pokemon in the PC and you can only use Pokemon you've caught during your Johto run & before visiting a new region, the professor will grant you one Starter Pokemon before heading to the next region.

i always thought about that
Ive been wondering about different save files
you can have 5 different save files, one for each region

shouldn't there be 2 versions?
1st installment should be red, gold, ruby, diamond and black
2nd installment should be blue, silver, sapphire, pearl and white
or one whole version bunched up together using 3rd installments
yellow+, crystal, emerald, platinum, grey?

now the problem is trading.
if the 3rd installment came out, you already got all the pokemon, so theres no use to trade. also, migration. you already got all pokemon too, no use for trading. maybe we should be able to trade with your other save files.

 

[Disko_Rock]

True, it may be to long. But if you love Pokemon, the more the better isn't it? I can never get tired of it all myself, but maybe this idea is just perfect for me? :(

Battle Frontier/Tower/Subway..well..I don't even know where to begin. I'm sure something would be created, a NEW Battle Zone to combine them but separated into different categories. I don't know..it's complicated for this lol

I mean I love the idea of it being more like the anime in that aspect but how would it work? Kanto and Johto are connected so you can just walk/surf across but Hoenn and Sinnoh are far away so a ferry? Isshu/Unova is even further away so maybe an airport? And you land in Mistralthon City? Or maybe another ferry and you end up in Castelia?

It's a plausible idea..just not very profitable. If they do make it sales on the individual games would go down I imagine.

 

[VempireblacK]

Ya...I also want to play pkmn games start begin from Kanto...Then Jotho...3th OrangeIsland...Then
Hoenn...5th Sinnoh and end in Unova...Better rock!

 

[Sector]

Good idea! Orange Island would be a PERFECT addition!

 

[DarkWolf13]

I like that idea and I think the levels may go like this...
Kanto: Lv 3-55
Johto: Lv 45-65
Hoenn: Lv 50-75
Sinnoh: Lv 60-85
Unova: Lv 70-95

Except that when you start a new region... you'll start fresh but the level starts should be like the lowest level of the 5 regions, except Kanto, whose starters are at Lv 5.

 

[bobandbill]

Good idea! Orange Island would be a PERFECT addition!

Matter of opinion but good idea or not, it's not going to happen. The Orange Islands (along with many other locations only found in the anime) is, well, anime only, and the games have not based themselves off of the anime since Yellow as Pokemon was at the peak of popularity at the time - ever since they've gone by their own thing. (It's the anime basing itself off of the games anyway). Orange Islands was just made by the anime as filler between the Kanto and Johto series. If Game Freak had wanted to use the Orange Islands at any rate they would have done it in FRLG - but they instead made the Sevii Islands instead.

As for the 'all-the-regions' game, it's a nice idea at first but there's a lot of issues with it. Firstly there's the amount of data you can fit in the game cartridge and as mentioned the level issues (which would likely need a change in game mechanics, maybe to IVs as well, and guess why you couldn't trade between GSC and RS? Potential lack of compatibility is not very fun). Either that or make you start over again in each region, but looking below...

Then there's the business viewpoint - why stuff all the regions into one game which may not work out for various reasons (assuming it's possible) and likely lose sales from other games (why buy the game with a new single region when you have the game with five?) when the current strategy of each generation having one new region max, and the most number of regions in a Pokemon game being two (GSC and their remakes in HGSS) being has made millions of sales every generation? If you want to make a game in which one starts over in each region, or has separate save files, it seems silly to do that instead of split them into separate games and make a lot of money, which is how it is done and has worked very well for Game Freak too.

 

[PikachuGuy]

I actually like this idea. As a big Pokemon fan, I personally wouldn't mind playing through all regions in one game. Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova. Even if it is 40 badges, I'd still have fun! Too bad they most likely won't make a game like this. Cause like mentioned above, it would be a long game to beat. You're talking thousands of trainers, 40 gyms, Battle Frontier in all, and the side requests you get in all games. But I wouldn't mind the time it took, though.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Cool concept, but there may be a problem with the leveling as you change regions. You might be overpowered when you reach a new region (like winning the Kanto League with level 50s, then heading off to Johto and the wild Pokemon there being at a low level)

 

[The 100 Mega Shock]

Why keep trudging back to the same old places instead of doing something new? We get a remake of an old game every few years alongside brand new games, so what's the fun in one game that would take forever to make and serves as nothing except "Everything is the same as before but crudely stuck together"?

 

[Blaziken15]

I don't see something like this happening until the end of the Pokemon series when they make one super-game where you choose your starting region and go around all of them.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

How many times has this idea come up...?

I didn't particularly like Hoenn, so no. Replace Hoenn with Orre and we might be talking... except with the level cap issue. 100 levels divided by 5 regions would equal 20 levels per region. Even Johto/Unova, which have the lowest level Elite Fours, still top out at 50. I just don't see how you can cram 8 gyms into the span of 20 experience levels.

And no, I am not going to play a game where I have to start over with an all new team in each region. And as has been said, it doesn't make sense from a financial/business standpoint.

And I'd rather not do anything like Ash. I prefer to be somewhat competent, thank you very much.

 

[Sector]

Didn't know the idea of this came up before this thread, Elite Overlord. If it's more than a month ago then I didn't want to risk bringing it back and getting a warning or something..sorry.

 

[pokehearts]

It would take WAY to long. Also, has anyone brought into consideration how much data this would be for the poor Devs of this game (IF they made it) If anything, they'd make it DLC or something like that

 

[Sector]

It would take WAY to long. Also, has anyone brought into consideration how much data this would be for the poor Devs of this game (IF they made it) If anything, they'd make it DLC or something like that

I think someone already mentioned it would be to much for a game card to handle lol

So from what I can speculate, it's about 50/50 of the Pokemon fans who would like this game and dislike. Not bad. I'd like the idea myself, if it was on PC or on Nintendo, but I was just wanting to receive opinions about this. Lots of advantages/disadvantages that's for sure.