6th Gen Too Soon?

[Nick]

Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Red/Green were released in 1996.
Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver were released in 1999.
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire were released in 2002.
Pokémon Pearl and Pokémon Diamond were released in 2006.
Pokémon Black and Pokémon White were released in 2010.
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y is being released in 2013.

How is it too soon, given mostly every generation lasted roughly three years? Some of y'alls math is messed up if you think it's too soon to move on...

 

[xRekke]

It's not really too soon for me.
I have already completed my white2.
So i shall play black2 while waiting for the new version to be release.

 

[Seki]

I think thats its too soon, after all, I haven't even finished White 2.

I intially thought that it was too soon, but after awhile I find it that a new gen should come soon because 3DS doesn't have a mainstream Pokemon game, which IMO, is a major selling point.

 

[User19sq]

Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Red/Green were released in 1996.
Pokémon Gold and Pokémon Silver were released in 1999.
Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire were released in 2002.
Pokémon Pearl and Pokémon Diamond were released in 2006.
Pokémon Black and Pokémon White were released in 2010.
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y is being released in 2013.

How is it too soon, given mostly every generation lasted roughly three years? Some of y'alls math is messed up if you think it's too soon to move on...

I think the fact that BW2 were released along with BW is what makes it too soon. I mean, people were sorta expecting a third version for Gen V, so getting Gen VI instead threw everyone off. I think, instead of just new Pokemon and new regions, we like paying attention to the storylines more, which is what Gen V has two of. So, in a way, we still have to soak up Unova's story for a bit before heading straight ino XY's story, on a count of it being twice as large than any previous story. (Provided one doesn't count Gen I and gen II's stories as one whole story)

 

[Nick]

I think the fact that BW2 were released along with BW is what makes it too soon. I mean, people were sorta expecting a third version for Gen V, so getting Gen VI instead threw everyone off. I think, instead of just new Pokemon and new regions, we like paying attention to the storylines more, which is what Gen V has two of. So, in a way, we still have to soak up Unova's story for a bit before heading straight ino XY's story, on a count of it being twice as large than any previous story. (Provided one doesn't count Gen I and gen II's stories as one whole story)

...People were expecting a third version for Gen V? The only expectations that I really heard of was the expectation that it'd be about Ruby and Sapphire remakes. Even so, that prediction on its own doesn't really seem like a good reason to merit the rationalization that it's too soon. The sequels to the generation games are made 4 years apart from one another, anyway. Mathematically, it all seems logical to me to expect a new generation. Besides, why else would they announce that they have an announcement to make for the whole world if it would have been for a 3rd game based off of two games they released in 2010? I can't follow that.

 

[MudkipBoy]

Well I wasn't looking forward to having r/s remakes in the style of b/w because it wasn't a massive step up compared with the other two remakes, so I'd love to have r/s (hopefully) making the big step up to 3d

 

[Ammako]

It wasn't too soon at all!
Gen III and IV lasted an extra year longer because they were releasing remakes of Gen I and Gen II instead of moving on.
Now that the two obsolete generations have been remade, there is no longer any reason to lag behind.

 

[EmilyGradyrko]

Hopefully they won't mess this up and rush it like they did with BW2

 

[Killjoy]

When I came on here today I literally said WTF?! Lol Not in a bad way though, I just didn't expect it. I don't think it's too early, really especially since it's supposed to come out in what is almost a whole year (Plus whatever delays there might be)

 

[Darkywyvern]

I guess if you like gen V, the gen VI might come up too soon, but for those who didn't really enjoy it, it really isn't too early.

As for me, I really didn't like the story of B/W, B2/W2 is better, but still so I tell myself: ''I don't mind if next gen isn't release as fast as possible.

And like many other mentionned, it will be about 1 1/2 year after its released in Japan, so not too soon.

 

[pikakitten]

I feel it's too soon for me since I haven't played B2/W2 but they have been out a while so I guess it's a reasonable time-frame xD

 

[Keiran]

To me, I think it just seems sudden because BW2 was released internationally 3 months ago. But then I remember we still have about 10 months to wait. The announcement itself seems early, if anything.

I think it's perfect timing, for I'll be playing Gen 6 right when I'm finished with BW2!

 

[HaiImNate]

I thought that it was soon, ad this caught me by surprise but I am happy for its release. I think that GameFreak knows what it is doing, and I think that the game will have as good, if not better the quality of its predecessors.

 

[sρεcтяα]

I have to admit I'm surprised by the sudden release of this generation, and I'm a little worried that the games are going to be rushed as a result. I do feel that they need more time to develop the games than what they're giving themselves for them to be of good quality, so I'm concerned that X and Y might take the annoying "style over substance" approach and be all pretty graphics and nothing else, like about 90% of console games these days.

Although I'm not really prepared to categorically say it's too soon for this generation until I have the game in my hands and I've seen what they've done with it. If the main game is shorter, or they've cut content (i.e. not being able to completely fill your Pokedex, or a smaller region, etc) then I'll say whether or not it was too soon for this generation. The gap between Gen I and Gen II was quite short, and to be honest I think 2 games set in Unova was 1 too many, so I'm eager to move on from that. I just hope they do a good job with it. If they do, it wasn't too soon for it.