RE: (4) HGSS Scans, New 5th Gen Games, Less Important Stuff [1/29]
Been following whatever news I can find about Gen. V and the Nintendo DS successor... and in a way, it makes some sense. Even if there is a Nintendo DS successor in the pipeline... here are some things to think about:
1. Nintendo has a HISTORY of backwards capability. Who says that Gen. V won't work on the Nintendo DS successor?
2. The Pokemon franchise has been playing around with their graphics so much recently. We first saw some 3D in DPP, and then even more in Rumble!, Ranch, Ranger, etc. While Nintendo has admitted that the graphics of Pokemon is a major thing that sets it off from other RPG, it seems obvious that they have been testing the PokeWorld's reaction to these changes with these other games.
3. There will probably be a 6th, 7th, etc. generation since Pokemon is one of Nintendo's cash cows. Yes, we might not like the fact that it is so formulaic, but look at other similar series that decided to change up their style (Anyone remember the outcries about Digimon... I haven't seen it advertised at all recently. YuGiOh seems to have also gone the way of Digimon too). Pokemon has stayed around out of these 3 the longest because, when you boil down humans, we like control and safety and repetitiveness.
4. The games are never going to be 100% perfect. Yes, I would love it if Gen 5. had Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh in there, but I would much rather see that in an online community version of Pokemon. Perhaps something where the DSi (or the DS successor) works with your computer, so through the WiFi community of Gen 5, you can upload and store all of your game, so that you can either play online, or on the handheld. This combination I feel would allow players (new and old) to experience adventures, storylines, battling, collecting, trading, etc. in so many new and unique ways (which combats the formulaic haters, but still provides that repetitiveness.
Of course, this is all speculation and would be great if Nintendo and GameFreak did somethings similar.