It's Time for a Pokémon MMO

Charlie writes "For the past few days I've been playing the latest iteration of the Pokémon franchise in the mainline series, Pokémon Sword. I skipped it at launch hoping that maybe after almost a year, it would be much more enjoyable. I think I expected a bit too much though, since a lot of the complaints I have are the exact same ones people mentioned back at launch; it's your standard formula and it's an okay game, but it doesn't feel like the true next-gen Pokémon game we, or at the very least, I was expecting. It's come to that point now that the franchise is in serious need for an upgrade or reboot. You could also argue that The Pokémon Company wouldn't spend so much on such a high quality Pokémon game because "they love money too much" and it's too easy to sell the same game over and over with a new skin. However if they're willing to put some serious work in, they could actually find themselves making a lot of money from one game for decades."

[Godmars290]

You best get on it then...

[blacktiger]

I'm 38 years old, we talked about this 15 years ago, Nintendo ain';t bring it, trust me! They have no interest!

[-Foxtrot]

How about they get a good main game locked down first.

[Kran]

The whole idea is that this would be their main game. They'd start with 3 older generations and then build upon it in the same game like a usual MMO. That way they save themselves some time since a lot of the content would already be there.

[blacktiger]

I'm 38 years old, we talked about this 15 years ago, Nintendo ain';t bring it, trust me!

[phoenixwing]

i've given up on getting a pokemon mmo. instead i bought temtem for pc and I'll just play that. no more sub-standard pokemon games that dissapoint me from now on.

[Kran]

I'm waiting until it's full console release... Not that I have a PC to play it early access anyway 😅

[phoenixwing]

pc is fun if you don't mind putting in the extra effort or money. I bought my pc instead of building it, it cost me more but at least i knew everything worked. also downloading drivers for my graphics card was the biggest amount of upkeep i've had to do. Playing mmo's and older games is nice. I was able to buy Way of the Samurai 3 recently because i found out it released on pc back in the day. Definitely having fun. I also own a ps4 pro though. There's nothing wrong with consoles as long as you're okay with whatever platform you choose to game on. Although the xbox console line is really not my cup of tea

edit: oh and since you're getting it on console that means you'll get a full product without having to wait for piecemeal updates when it does arrive

[blacktiger]

I'm 38 years old, we talked about this 15 years ago, trust me! They have no interest!

[porkChop]

Gen 8 was their opportunity for a Breath of the Wild moment. Go massive in scale while also returning to the simplicity of your roots. Instead they removed half the game and the new stuff wasn't nearly substantial enough to make up for the loss.

[BrainSyphoned]

It’s time for TemTem.

[HexxedAvenger]

they'll never do it. it's logical and makes sense. But they'll never do it. They'll make Gen 9 in a year or 2, with a whole new gimmick, and it'll be the same thing. Temtem seem to already have it down. Then there is Kindred Fates, which seems to be amazing. If you all haven't seen it. Go check it out.

[Kran]

The annoying thing is that Pokémon makes SO SO SO MUCH MORE MONEY. So even if it's not made by GameFreak they could just get a bigger company who have made a game like this before to make it for them.

[Games1st]

Switch development gave them a big kick in the ass. They tried to take the easy route and found out that recycling fucked up a lot of things.

[Lore]

Good luck to us all. Their board of directors who oversee the financial decision making is so blind to the idea of evolution that the only way this will happen is if TemTem & the new Bamco franchise can begin to take away their market share. They’re a greedy company

[GameBoyColor]

Mmos are dead. Besides the top 3 games everything else is fodder or scams. They could risk jumping in that market but i doubt they will lol

[Outlawzz]

I probably won't purchase another mainline game until they get it together. I liked sun and moon for what it was. Gave this one a try and it's just too basic, there's no excuse at this point.

[Bleucrunch]

Nintendo does not have that kind of foresight....A pokemon MMO makes a lot of sense and is the ideal next steps based on how that game works...when has Nintendo applied logic to their games???

[gunnerforlife]

I haven't played a pokemon game since Ruby and sapphire! They're literally the same, if they made a true next gen pokemon game then I might actually buy a Nintendo console just for that!