I think that the future of this section is what it always has been - whatever the senior members decide to do next.
Unfortunately that has too often been a transition to inactivity, which does not do much to pave the way for innovations to this section. Many of the senior members move on to other things because this has always been a hobby and as we get older, we have less time for the hobby. This kind of leaves the section on a strange phase of stagnation, and progress and innovation comes in incredibly small chunks. We had the era of Neo-Dragon as a moderator here in the section where there was an influx of developers and activity. After that we saw Maruno step in and hammer out a lot of great work on Pokémon Essentials, and after that we saw the rise of mej71 and Luka S.J, where we started seeing more peripheral options for Pokémon Essentials.
This section has certainly seen its fair share of development and change over the years, and while it is nothing substantial, those projects are seeing more and more development elsewhere on the internet. With projects like
Pokemon Unity, and
Pokémon 3dPE, to resource bundling projects like
Pokémon X/Y/OR/AS model ripping project which is also working with other great tools for future developers to perhaps try to dip their feet into.
I initially put the ball into the court of the senior members here because they have had experience working with Game Dev for a while, which helps picking up some of the more modern tools to start something from the ground up, but the truth is that anyone can start with these tools and the ball is really in their court as well. Anyone who is currently invested in this section, even as a hobby, has the ability to start something great. Even Flameguru and Poccil had to start somewhere, and all it takes is someone just as curious in making something.