How to improve Pokemon

[OceanRunner]

A bad game design thread brought up Pokemon HM's, which got me thinking. I think a better idea would be to replace them with key items awarded by Gym Leaders and change the HMs to TMs.
What else should be added/changed/removed?

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Gotta agree with the HM thing. I fucking hate lugging around a useless Pokemon just so I can break rocks or cut down trees.

 

[Kimarous]

Complete revamp of the next generation's starters would be nice...

 

[Urgh76]

Make an MMORPG of it

Cmon Nintendo, face it. Times have changed

 

[Nossy]

Complete revamp of the next generation's starters would be nice...

Better yet, another remake of Red and Blue would be nice. I don't know about anyone else, but I completely lost interest when they introduced all the new Pokemon.

 

[ARatherHandsomeGent]

Guns. Everything would be so much easier with Guns.

 

[Nossy]

Make an MMORPG of it

Cmon Nintendo, face it. Times have changed

Oh and http://www.pokemonworldonline.net/

 

[Aggressor and Usurper]

inb4 multiple saves.
And yes. What the hell is the reason for HM's being permanent? It's stupid.

 

[Samcanuck]

I like the mmorpg idea urgh76 gave. Minor tweaks as far as I am concerned, such as having unique sounds for each pokemon, rather than bleeps and squawks. As well, a story with more depth would be appreciated (pokemon dungoen is a good example...though I found it too low of quality).

But yeah...the MMorpg idea sounds very interesting.

 

[WanderingBiscuits]

Tactical nuke unlock after ten gym leaders

 

[FactualSquirrel]

Getting rid of the turn based Combat.

That's my main problem, everything else requiring fixing could just stem from that.

 

[Jughead]

I was thinking about this the other day, they could make the seasons effect the enviroment in the game. say if there's a mountain it could be rocky mountain in the summer and a ice mountain in the winter and the type of pokemon you catch there change. I havn't really thought about it that much but it would be a nice little touch to the game.

 

[Signa]

Less stupid things like fashion shows, and a rebalance of leveling mechanics. Preferably make the EVs less transparent. I really hate how my little brother can put NO effort into leveling his pokemon and kick my ass with a group of a Lv30, lv6, lv5, lv6, lv10, lv7 while I have 6 level 22s with EVs considered while gaining XP. I shouldn't have to wait for us to be both lv99 before seeing the differences.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

I'd just say fix the HM thing. We can't get rid of them from the bag, so why must they be only be removed by using the Move Deleter? It's not like we're going to get stuck, especially considering we'll always have every TM ever...

Other than that, Pokemon doesn't really need fixing. Maybe just a few tweaks under the hood, but I don't want to see a complete revamp of the system.

 

[KitsunetheFox]

A far more balanced and less complicated multiplayer system that doesn't require weeks of preparation and wasted time.

Also, I'd like to see a Pokemon that's Half-Bear, Half-Terminator. It would be called Hugglinator.

 

[pwnthemonkeys]

Yeah key items would be a better thing than HM as long as you don't have to open the bag and choosing it every time.

Also I want to be the bad guy and be the bad guy, never having a change of heart at the end I want to take over the world or blast off again.

 

[Vault Citizen]

A bad game design thread brought up Pokemon HM's, which got me thinking. I think a better idea would be to replace them with key items awarded by Gym Leaders and change the HMs to TMs.
What else should be added/changed/removed?

Good suggestion, it didn't used to annoy me because cut, fly and surf were all things I'd used and I only needed to use Flash once or twice (though it is possible to do the first dark cave without flash in R/B) but now we have stuff like waterfall it has just gotten annoying

Make an MMORPG of it

Cmon Nintendo, face it. Times have changed

Definetly, if the whole point is to get people playing together an MMO is the way forward.

 

[Optimus Hagrid]

Imagine the Pokemon series with 2D Zelda gameplay. You could have Killer7-esque switching between Pokemon in battle.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Multiple save files!!!

I'd like to restart without losing my previous file if thats not to hard to ask.

 

[Amnestic]

I think a better idea would be to replace them with key items awarded by Gym Leaders and change the HMs to TMs.

Good idea.

I was thinking about this the other day, they could make the seasons effect the enviroment in the game. say if there's a mountain it could be rocky mountain in the summer and a ice mountain in the winter and the type of pokemon you catch there change. I havn't really thought about it that much but it would be a nice little touch to the game.

Possible but it means that rather than having to wait a few hours to catch a pokémon you want (like you can with teh day/night cycle), you have to wait a few months.

Needs tweaking. It'd add life to the world, sure, but it could also completely cockblock your catching if you don't find yourself in the right area at the right time

Multiple save files!!!

Good idea.

Better yet, another remake of Red and Blue would be nice. I don't know about anyone else, but I completely lost interest when they introduced all the new Pokemon.

Bad idea. Go back and play Fire Red/Leaf Green. They're still good.

Complete revamp of the next generation's starters would be nice...

Cry some more. They're no stupider than a red lizard with fire for the tip of its tail which walks on two legs, a blue turtle which walks on two legs and spits water and a...I don't even know...a thing with a plant bulb on its back.

NEWSFLASH: Generation 1 had stupid pokémon too.

Get over it.