My Personal Opinion on Pokemon Gaming as an Older Fan

[Solo_the_Nerd]

I grew up with the first three Generations of Pokemon games (GBC, GBA). Over the past year, I got back into the franchise through fan games and ROM Hacks. Especially since these games were designed by/for older Pokemon fans.

I moved from Nintendo to PlayStation a few years ago, but this fan-made content got me thinking: What if The Pokemon Company allowed PlayStation or Xbox to make, for example, "Rated T for Teen" Pokemon games? This way, older fans can enjoy now Pokemon games with better graphics (animations, sprites, etc.), and more detailed/cerebral storylines.

Tell me what you think.

 

[Devalue]

Doubtful.

• Means making separate games that cannot be played on a Nintendo system. Leaves out the Nintendo-only players they have been selling to this whole time.
  
• Cannot imagine the Pokemon Company greenlighting a grittier story direction either. Recalls stuff like that in the early manga. Might have discontinued doing that? (Has never read the manga. Only heard of it.) Manages perfectly fine storytelling when they feel like it too (Mystery Dungeon) without delving into darker things.
  
  Produced some T for Teen games before, as a company. Rated "Giga Wrecker" and "Little Town Hero" as T for Teen...although PEGI 7 (the same as Scarlet/Violet). Seems uninterested in creating a game like that.
  
• On better graphics/sprites: Could have done that on the Switch too. (Look at the open-world Zelda games.) Did not. Why would they do it on another system?

Now, what if they did it anyways? Would not care, as someone that owns neither an Xbox nor a Playstation. Might be up for a story about a Pokemon trainer that became a Champion as a kid ten years ago. Could totally do one about their Pokemon that passed away since then. (Accomplishes that without a higher age rating, honestly.) Agrees with something with more cartoony violence (similar to Pokken Tournament with an E10 rating), but not gory. Has never overly cared about graphics either. Prefers the older sprites.

 

[Nah]

Since Pokemon is one of the biggest franchises in the world, there's no way that Nintendo and TPC is going to let anyone else, let alone some of their biggest competitors, get in on that. Especially given how notorious Nintendo is for being quick to engage in legal action regarding their IPs. I wouldn't mind them making a game where the target audience is the older fans (I'm not exactly young myself), but if it's going to happen, it's going to be on a Nintendo gaming system and at at least going to be developed with Nintendo/GameFreak/TPC oversight.

 

[CountessGardevoir]

Personally, I'd prefer an official Pokemon game for PC with a greater focus on story than what we usually get, though I do agree with what Nah said