Going back to the designs topic, I think MOST of the Alolan forms were pretty neat
An example of a new design that still looks like a Pokémon.
And then even earlier we were talking about the amount of new Pokémon, the "hitting the 1000" dilemma, the lack of National Pokédex in newer games, etc. and I was thinking I actually wouldn't mind if in a future game we only get a few new Pokémon, if in compensation all of the older Pokémon that made up the new Regional Dex got a regional variant.
I know regional variants most likely won't be revisited ever again, but I think it's a nice way to justify the inclusion of the same old Pokémon over and over, and if ALL of them got this new form, it would feel like you're just playing with a whole new set of unknown creatures. And after you beat the game you can transfer the classic Pokémon from previous regions, so everyone is happy.
Heck, even just changing the color palette, like a new kind of shiny. Actually it would be cool if we could identify a Pikachu that comes from Kanto, to the one from Johto, Hoenn, Alola, etc, if they had a different tone, or some kind of mark on the back or something.
An example of a new design that still looks like a Pokémon.
And then even earlier we were talking about the amount of new Pokémon, the "hitting the 1000" dilemma, the lack of National Pokédex in newer games, etc. and I was thinking I actually wouldn't mind if in a future game we only get a few new Pokémon, if in compensation all of the older Pokémon that made up the new Regional Dex got a regional variant.
I know regional variants most likely won't be revisited ever again, but I think it's a nice way to justify the inclusion of the same old Pokémon over and over, and if ALL of them got this new form, it would feel like you're just playing with a whole new set of unknown creatures. And after you beat the game you can transfer the classic Pokémon from previous regions, so everyone is happy.
Heck, even just changing the color palette, like a new kind of shiny. Actually it would be cool if we could identify a Pikachu that comes from Kanto, to the one from Johto, Hoenn, Alola, etc, if they had a different tone, or some kind of mark on the back or something.