Mitja said:
Delta said:
If this turns out to be true then I can see the return of Team Rocket who created the damn abomination in the first place returning to screw with it even more.
But they did not create it.
It was created by scientists who worked together in the Pokemon Mansion on Cinnabar. And that was hardly a shady Rocket operation.
There are hints to Fujis involvement, and perhaps Blaine.
Oh, of course they didn't. Yeah. Thanks for the correction. They did try to do something with Mewtwo in the past so my point still stands. I'll edit that stupid mistake...wait...no they didn't. Christ I'm an idiot.
Xous said:
I think viewing these kinds of situations as "exploiting" older things is simply a matter of perspective - I can't agree with that stance, but at the same time it may be correct and my stance of Game Freak wanting to "evolve" certain aspects of their Pokémon may be incorrect. Without working for the company and hearing their reasons when they decide to make the changes, it's hard to truly know if they're doing it to exploit their old material or if they're actually doing it because they think it'd be something exciting and fun, something they truly want to do out of love.
I'd like to think that they're doing it out of love, but I also think that they are trying to hang on to their love for as long as possible making the series lose its gorgeous looks over the years like a rich husband who forces his wife to have constant plastic surgery.
Xous said:
In my opinion, expecting a "real excuse" for going back and allowing old Pokémon to evolve isn't necessary. To me, it seems they genuinely wanted to give those Pokémon a chance to evolve (in more than just the in-game sense), to expand their possibilites and backstories. For all I know, it's possible that somewhere at the backs of their minds when coming up with those Pokémon (Piloswine, Rhydon, Tangela, etc.) they could have felt that if they had the chance to give them evolutions, they would. I simply don't know.
I suppose with a world so large and as popular as Pokemon I would expect to see a fully fleshed out game. I would read all the lore. It wouldn't go unnoticed to be able to read the professors logs instead of just being a plot device. This is still an RPG and having the whole Pokemon world to explore will just be magnificent. It's, as you say, dependent on how you look at it.
Xous said:
To me, the "running out of ideas" stance is a cop-out argument; I'm 100% certain if they absolutely wanted to they could have Generation after Generation of brand-new ideas, it's just not what they want to do. If fans can create Generation after Generation of Fakemon that are completely original, I'm certain Game Freak, with their limitless resources available, who can literally get any artist to come up with concepts, is more than capable of doing the same. For that reason, I just don't see how people can honestly believe Game Freak can even be close to running out of ideas. Just look up all of the fake Dexes and regions made by fans... Then think of how many Generations those original ideas could represent. Game Freak can do that tenfold.
I would personally love to see a new generation with no cross generational evolutions and a regional dex without existing Pokemon. If they have infinite concept artists (and I'm trying to sound as non-douchey as possible here) then something like this would be entirely possible. I think it shows brand new ideas, a way of balancing the amount of water Pokemon with fire. If there was a generation like this paired with a full world then that would put me in my place, showing that Gamefreak still pours love into the games and fans.
DNA showed me that I'm very very stupid. Sorry. Let me rephrase.
If a generation was filled with Pokemon that have none of the cross generational evolutions, like gen 5, and had a large amount of lore in the game for you to uncover then that would put me in my place, showing that Gamefreak still pours love into the games and fans.
Xous said:
I don't ever think each Generation of Pokémon was meant to be filled with all new things. Even Generation 2 is proof of that - it introduced evolutions of pre-existing Pokémon. Clearly, at times Game Freak wants to go back, bring things from a previous Generation, and evolve them. Give them fresh outlooks, new possibilities. Generation 2 and 4 brought things from the past and added to them, and now 6 does the same. I don't think Game Freak is "running out of ideas" because they choose to go back and add to something from the past - instead, I believe this is what they do, and always have done, and will continue to do because that may be how they feel Pokémon should be done.
Generation 2 holding some new evolutions is perfectly fine since they may have not been able to fit that much memory on the cartridge and it introduces the concept of trading while holding an item. However this is a 5 generation gap. I even like the look of Sylveon but find it completely stupid that they are still trying to make Eevee relevant and interesting. However this is simply difference of opinion.
Xous said:
I guess all I'm saying is I'm not seeing these changes as them exploiting old ideas or them "running out of ideas" because to begin with I view their intentions as pure / not greedy / however you want to put it. It may all come down to where you view them from.
I think the opposite but agree with that last sentence :3
I hope my ramblings make sense because saying negative things sometimes forces me to not think them through.