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Posted July 7th, 2022
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13 Years
really just wondering what everyone thinks the long-term fate of the series will be. I don't think there's any reason to assume it's gonna die anytime soon, so could we keep seeing installations for a long time? if so, do you think Game Freak will be able to keep up creatively, or will the Pokmon series be reduced to Call of Duty-esque yearly iterations without much changing between releases?

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Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 29th, 2022
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18.1 Years
or will the Pokmon series be reduced to Call of Duty-esque yearly iterations without much changing between releases?
inb4 really edgy commentary about how Game Freak/TPC are doing precisely this

I feel like this is a rather broad question to ask that branches out into several possible answers. Now, what do I mean by that?

First and foremost, in my own personal view, I've always thought that the very reason why some people may not be enjoying Pokemon gaming as much is because... as much as we might not want to admit it to ourselves as the cause, we're growing up. Most of us aren't kids anymore where we used to have the free time and imagination to basically enjoy Pokemon games at face value. I don't know about anyone else, but that was what created maximum enjoyment for me. Playing with my irl friends, the challenge of always seeing, catching, and training new Pokemon and catching legendaries and all that other stuff was fun to me as a kid; I never really thought as much about the storyline, background of the characters, depth, personality, things like that.

I feel like, as some of us grew older and became more aware that Pokemon is really just the sum of its parts, we became more critical towards the games as a result. We became more aware of how the storyline was created, character design, types of NPCs, designs of NPCs, personality/depth of characters, how certain NPCs interact with the player... so on and so forth. I never really gave a muk about this as a kid and I bet most people didn't until they got older and feel like the games needed to "grow up" with them when the reality is that Pokemon was always a franchise designed for everyone (mostly kids, though), and not just what the older fans would want all the the time. As long as Pokemon games keep up with the current era of gaming technology, dedicated fans will gladly throw their cash at Game Freak because regardless of the criticisms, Pokemon will never change from its core philosophy of the very same qualities that we enjoyed as children: capturing, battling, trading, and interacting with cute and adorable pocket monsters and showing off to our friends, etc.

Yeah, that was quite a tangent. What does this have to do with whether or not Game Freak will run out of ideas?

Because whether or not you perceive Game Freak to really "run out of ideas" depends on how strongly you hold onto the memories of days gone by and your general attitude towards the current generation of Pokemon and what direction Pokemon is likely to take in the future. I personally feel that as long as Game Freak holds onto the very philosophy of interaction with players, battling, trading, and capturing Pocket Monsters, then the sky's the limit as far as how creative they can really be while incorporating these important aspects of what makes a Pokemon game a Pokemon game.

At the end of the day, we're all going to have varying opinions on how Game Freak goes about with these things, and I think that's fine! It's perfectly okay to have standards for how a Pokemon game should be designed. I also think that sometimes, to better enjoy Pokemon games and not be overly critical about everything (which sucks the fun out of enjoying the games themselves), much like as we did as kids, it's important to just play these games as they are at face value.

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The Imminent Victor

Age 32
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New Zealand
Seen November 30th, 2017
Posted November 30th, 2017
461 posts
10 Years
I doubt it.

With the amount of sensationalism that Pokemon has always created, there will always be truly creative fans that will work for Gamefreak. I believe that those are the sort of people that will keep the games innovative and appealing. It's hard to say what will happen in our ever-evolving gaming market, but hopefully Pokemon remains somewhat true to it's roots. Heck, can you imagine there being over 2000 Pokemon? Hmmm...on second thought, perhaps there is a limit to how many Pokemon can exist and yet still be accessible to new players....

I think that the day people all over the world stop getting hyped for Pokemon is the day that it will become kitsch and boring.
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Seen October 30th, 2017
Posted October 30th, 2017
8 posts
5.6 Years
Well, story wise and gameplay, I don't really see them running out of ideas. There's just so much world history, mythology and different cultures that they can draw upon. On the other hand though, if they were to run out of ideas on something, I would say it'd be the designs of the Pokemon themselves. They've come up with some pretty wacky looking Pokemon for the sake of making something new.
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Seen January 4th, 2023
Posted January 3rd, 2023
51 posts
5.6 Years
As a kid, I remembered walking around with my game and link cable, hanging out with friends doing battles, chatting and meeting new people etc. We had to go on "journeys" to find fellow players, I was all over the place in the old days. The innovations these days made everything much much easier, so for players like me it kinda took the "togetherness" from the series. Most of the individuals I met this way doesn't play pokemon anymore.
I doubt we'll see the end of pokemon anytime soon. GF is doing a splendid job keeping up with each era of advancements so probably the series will live to see many more.
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