TruLink said:
First and foremost, why hasn't Nintendo already made a game like this? This is the IDEAL genre for pokemon, period.

And for those saying there will be noobs, I have this to say: Pokemon is easily the entry level RPG for anybody who owns a DS. On top of that, EVERYBODY knows about pokemon, and many people have either played, or own a pokemon game. So seeing as how the world has been in knowledge of pokemon for about a decade, how would there be noobs in an online pokemon game? Granted, if the developers changed many things around to make it really complicated, then I can see noobs popping out, but this is pokemon we are talking about, pretty straight foward.

Anyways...

These are my thoughts that I feel would make an MMO Pokemon game great fun:

Of course, there would be the standard gym battles against NPC's, but what if players can form "guilds" and, provided they had the funding, create, and customize their own gym for other players to earn badges from?

Or how about taking it old school and making the standard game contain Kanto and Jhoto, whereas the expansions can include Hoenn and Sinnoh? Not to mention the Orange islands and Ore (not sure on spelling for this region).

They can even include brand new areas that players can discover while surfing or flying.

Also, what if the Pokemon League were held in tiers- meaning there would be different competitions for trainers who have 8, 16, 24, 32, and 40 badges?

It could also be taken a step further and made so that the Elite Four are NPC's that are extremely tough trainers, and whoever manages to beat them will be the Champ. A champ who will have to defend his/her title from every player who manages to beat the elite four.

Most of these ideas are no brainers, and that's exactly why they should be implemented, because Pokemon, from its very inception, was meant to be an MMO someday.

The Wandering Sword said:
[quote]TruLink said:
First and foremost, why hasn't Nintendo already made a game like this? This is the IDEAL genre for pokemon, period.

And for those saying there will be noobs, I have this to say: Pokemon is easily the entry level RPG for anybody who owns a DS. On top of that, EVERYBODY knows about pokemon, and many people have either played, or own a pokemon game. So seeing as how the world has been in knowledge of pokemon for about a decade, how would there be noobs in an online pokemon game? Granted, if the developers changed many things around to make it really complicated, then I can see noobs popping out, but this is pokemon we are talking about, pretty straight foward.

Anyways...

These are my thoughts that I feel would make an MMO Pokemon game great fun:

Of course, there would be the standard gym battles against NPC's, but what if players can form "guilds" and, provided they had the funding, create, and customize their own gym for other players to earn badges from?

Or how about taking it old school and making the standard game contain Kanto and Jhoto, whereas the expansions can include Hoenn and Sinnoh? Not to mention the Orange islands and Ore (not sure on spelling for this region).

They can even include brand new areas that players can discover while surfing or flying.

Also, what if the Pokemon League were held in tiers- meaning there would be different competitions for trainers who have 8, 16, 24, 32, and 40 badges?

It could also be taken a step further and made so that the Elite Four are NPC's that are extremely tough trainers, and whoever manages to beat them will be the Champ. A champ who will have to defend his/her title from every player who manages to beat the elite four.

Most of these ideas are no brainers, and that's exactly why they should be implemented, because Pokemon, from its very inception, was meant to be an MMO someday.