Please Allow me to Rant about the Modern Pokemon.
I Still Think Pokemon Needs a Reboot.
While I do think Pokemon NEEDS a Complete Reboot and that it has Lost its Charm. I am Still a Fan of the Series, and I cant wait to see what the Future has in store for the Series.
I'm not Against the Shift from the Pokemon themselves to a Focus on Story and Characters, It was Kinda Needed to do that because eventually the Focus on Just the Pokemon would get VERY old.
I do have a Few Problems, The Characters are Poorly Developed, and The Battle System is Rather Boring Nowadays and Fails to Keep Me engaged, I think Game Freak is Trying too Hard to Make Battles interesting and Engaging with the Additions of Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves
Mega Evolutions are a Great Idea on Paper. It Could have Given Weaker Pokemon Purpose to use on a Team, but NOPE, They just Give Megas to the Popular Choices. While they did give Megas to some Weaker Pokemon like Beedrill and Pidgeot, Most of them are Popular Pokemon Like Lucario, Garchomp, and Tyranatar, Just to Name a Few, and Like does Mewtwo and Rayquaza NEED a Mega? NO! AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY DOES CHARIZARD AND MEWTWO HAVE 2 MEGAS? Like those Two were Popular Enough.
Z-Moves I Mostly Have no Problems with, only with the Names and animations for very few of them. Z-Moves are Much Easier to Balance then Megas and Honestly, Z-Moves fits the Series more then Megas(in my Opinion). though being Rarely able to use 2 Z-Moves in US & UM's Single Player Leaves a Bad Taste in my Mouth.
The Stories they could Tell, while are not Awful, Fail to Develop Characters During the Main Quest, Which is a big NO-NO for and RPG Like Pokemon.
And is it me or is the Community getting more and more toxic?
Honestly, I think Pokemon Needs a Reboot. What I want to see is the Genre to Change from a Turn-Based RPG to an Action RPG. Kinda Like the Tales Series.
While I dont think this will Solve all of the Problems, It will be a Start, For once it would be Nice to see something Different from the Gameplay, Different Enough to Spark My interest.
The only Reasons why I dont think This will happen is because A. The Old Battle system is so popular and is played Competitively. and B. Nintendo Already has an Action RPG Series in the form of the Xenoblade Series.
But Problem A can be Fixed by having a Turn-Based RPG Spin-off series with the old Battle System but that's just me, Hell they could do my idea the other way around. Which I will have no Problems with.
Im sorry for the Rant. I Recently Had an Argument with another Fan about the Future of the Series and Yea. I'm still a Little Mad about that Argument.