4th Gen In addition to the poke following you...

[Arle Kaa-kun]

One Pokémon at a time makes more sense. Having another Pokémon is still a crowd even with a fact known "Three's a crowd".

 

[derozio]

'Too many cooks spoil the broth' and thus ONE is just enough.:)

 

[Devil Theory]

To be honest, I don't think any Pokemon should follow you.

It annoyed me enough on Pokemon Yellow, I don't want to be playing a remake that could be really good, only to have it mess up and have a bloody Eevee or something chasing me around.

Plus, it uuh, it'd get to crowded xP.

 

[Ayselipera]

I would only want to have 1 pokemon following me,
but I think it would be funny if they made the option
of letting all 6 follow you. I would try it just for laughs.

 

[Ecks-Dee]

I really doubt it if they would have more than one Pokemon following you, because it would be just too many. However, it would be so funny to walk all six Pokemon in a really tight or crowded space XD

 

[processr]

One Pokémon is too many, let alone six. :( I hope there's an option to have nothing follow you.

 

[CalumMUFC]

I dont think that would work very well, one would be enough Imo

 

[Kazukii]

Only one pokemon should follow the trainer, anymore than 2 would be just ridiculas.

 

[The Wave]

One. Just one. More than one would be too crowed.

 

[xxChazxx]

Maybe 2 at the most. I think it'd be great if you could choose. Like in the pokemon menu where it says: Switch, Move, Status, and any HM moves you may have. It could say Follow/ Ball depending on whether it was following you or not.

 

[.inLOVE]

I actually didn't think it looked too bad in Ranger. And even though it may get a little annoying in HSGS, I think it'll work out pretty well.

 

[Cherrim]

If it were following like in Ranger (ie, not restricted to walking at 90 degree angles), up to two would certainly be tolerable. But since your Pokemon walks behind you at all times and you can't get off an x-y axis of sorts, having any more than one would just get really, really annoying and fast.

 

[Ellie]

I'm not even really liking having one follow you all the time, more than that is just irritating. It'd probably get confusing too.. you're supposed to be able to interact with them, but how do you interact when they keep following you? More trouble than it's worth imo.

 

[Ryanniny]

i'd like to have two following me, cos they could go diagonally behind you (if you get me:
-----YOU-----
pkmn-----pkmn

then when you need to go single file it goes like:
-----YOU-----
-----pkmn----
-----pkmn----

 

[Artemis]

I'm not even really liking having one follow you all the time, more than that is just irritating. It'd probably get confusing too.. you're supposed to be able to interact with them, but how do you interact when they keep following you? More trouble than it's worth imo.

They follow you as you walk. However, if you ever realized it, when you gently tap the control pad you can stay in the same tile, but move your direction you are facing. With this being said, it'll be fairly easy to interact with your partner Pokémon without the confusion. All you need to do when ready to talk to them is simply face them. Then, like any other person, you tap the 'A' button and talk. If you've played the Yellow version before you'll know what I mean. Not to forget, the same thing was done in Amity Square of DPPt. I think it'll be a great feature more than a hassle, as at least you are rewarded with found items at some points during travel.

i'd like to have two following me, cos they could go diagonally behind you (if you get me:
-----YOU-----
pkmn-----pkmn

then when you need to go single file it goes like:
-----YOU-----
-----pkmn----
-----pkmn----

If the format of the game were set up like Pokémon Mystery Dungeon and Pokémon Ranger to allow diagonal motion, then the two Pokémon following you side by side like you exampled for us would work. However, the game's walking fixture is placed only on an X and Y axis, like mentioned earlier today. So, because of this, it really wouldn't work on how you first described it. Your second example however would be the one to work, but that is where it might get a bit annoying for the least of it.

 

[manga_meijin2]

You're already limited to the spots you can go to because there is an extra Pokemon behind you, so if two or more Pokemon followed you, they'd have to make a lot of passages bigger

 

[invisible-chan]

I don't see why anyone would want more than one Pokemon following them. I also hope that you can put them away if you so choose.

 

[Poke'Master24]

eh, i like the idea of one following you around, but just one. I wonder how Wailord would look.

 

[The Darkest Gale]

lol but maybe 2 would be reasonable cause I can't decide who will follow me when it comes out in the shops XD

 

[Legobricks]

When you moved onto Pikachu's tile in Yellow, the two of you swapped tiles.
My point being: it cannot get cramped, only visually cluttered.

I'd go for up to three but really I'd rather not have any following me.