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So, me and the other people on our project have come across a dilemma, and nothing helps more in those kinds of situation than knowing how other people have dealt with it or would deal with it, so here goes:
I am making a fakemon game and it will be a whole new region with a complete new cast, no canon pokemon in it (It does take place in the canon pokemon world though, its just secluded, if knowing that helps with the context). I mean, "No canon pokemon in it" is what i thought until a friend of mine brought up a good point, that breeding would be fresh hell without Ditto. I thought i could just make one fakemon to fill that role (I even have a basic idea for it), but that friend said that creating a new pokemon for a role that is already filled makes it come across as too "Tryhard" to be original and that we should just have Ditto in the region. He followed it up by saying we should also have Audinos in the region, for level training, and not create a new pokemon for the same reasons as Ditto.
Now what i am wondering is, how do other fakemon fangames deal with this? You can talk about your own or even just some game you happened to play, i mostly just want to know how others deal with this, and its a bit hard to find by aimlessly searching. I personally think it would be a bit weird to have all new pokemon but keep some 1 or 2 canon ones. So, what do you think is the best solution? Create new pokemon to fill that void? Use the canon ones that already fill that role? Or leave that role empty? The third option sounds even worse than the second to me, but it is an option some may take nonetheless, and maybe i can even hear a good argument for it
Thanks for anyone who answers! And feel free to simply discuss the issue if you dont have a settled stance on the matter, just knowing others's opinions would help a lot!
I am making a fakemon game and it will be a whole new region with a complete new cast, no canon pokemon in it (It does take place in the canon pokemon world though, its just secluded, if knowing that helps with the context). I mean, "No canon pokemon in it" is what i thought until a friend of mine brought up a good point, that breeding would be fresh hell without Ditto. I thought i could just make one fakemon to fill that role (I even have a basic idea for it), but that friend said that creating a new pokemon for a role that is already filled makes it come across as too "Tryhard" to be original and that we should just have Ditto in the region. He followed it up by saying we should also have Audinos in the region, for level training, and not create a new pokemon for the same reasons as Ditto.
Now what i am wondering is, how do other fakemon fangames deal with this? You can talk about your own or even just some game you happened to play, i mostly just want to know how others deal with this, and its a bit hard to find by aimlessly searching. I personally think it would be a bit weird to have all new pokemon but keep some 1 or 2 canon ones. So, what do you think is the best solution? Create new pokemon to fill that void? Use the canon ones that already fill that role? Or leave that role empty? The third option sounds even worse than the second to me, but it is an option some may take nonetheless, and maybe i can even hear a good argument for it
Thanks for anyone who answers! And feel free to simply discuss the issue if you dont have a settled stance on the matter, just knowing others's opinions would help a lot!