Reading this thread makes me feel so depressed. The Pokemon IP has such brilliant potential to really evolve (lol) into a fantastic, accessible yet deep, modern RPG. But Game Freak will never, ever let that happen, because they're too small, too conservative, and their development times are too short. It actually breaks my heart when I think about what one of Nintendo's in house teams could do with Pokemon, and how that potential will forever be wasted.
I sense that the people who shout the loudest about Pokemon are those who are into the competitive scene and the meta game, but I get the feeling that a lot of people don't give a shit about that and just want a Pokemon game with a deep, immersive world, good writing, and gameplay which is much more varied than it has been previously. If all Game Freak do is basically put the 3DS games on the TV, it's going to feel like a PS1 JRPG, and it will reveal how tired and stuck in the past Pokemon games have become. I honestly have no idea how on earth Game Freak are going to create a console experience, or at least convince people they've created a console experience. They'll be hoping that HD graphics will be enough, and if I'm honest I can't even imagine them removing the fixed top-down camera view, never mind building worlds to the scale of Xenoblade or something.
On another note- do people think there will still be two versions of each Pokemon game going forward? It seems more difficult to justify when the games will be sold at console game prices, and with the Switch we're somewhat beyond the 'kids trading Pokemon in the playground' stage.
