>>44844007pokemon is a game for kids and teens and prints money no matter what so I would just put in a half assed job and recycle shonen anime tropes
>player is mentioned hamfistedly multiple times to have a special heart that can connect to pokemon throughout the opening>first important event is at some important landmark right after game starts, save a mysterious beautiful stranger from evil team trying to mug them (girl in one version, boy in the other)>stranger tells you they don't have any memories and don't know much about the world, npc tells you they need your help so they accompany you on your entire journey (no healing or double battles, just walk with you and can be talked to)>they are super shy and completely silent around other npcs, only talking with you>cutscenes throughout game where you show them the world, they ask you questions about life and morality, really ham up the waifu/husbando pandering, maybe you get to choose a new outfit for them or something>evil team doing bullshit, but seems particularly interested in your companion>game climax, team kidnaps partner while you were forced to be away from them>turns out partner is actually the box legend in disguise and evil team needs them to unlock the power of some bullshit thing for evil reasons>you save them, but they lose their human form and unlock all their memories, they help you defeat bad guy>they confess their like for you and then depart to their home dimension or whatever>spoon feeds player that shit about "ooooh you DO have that special connection to the hearts of pokemon that's why ONLY YOU could befriend special waifu/husbando, shame but they are free and happy now, maybe one day you'll meat again">credits shows partner watching over you with a smileboom, generic friendship powers shonen protag, waifu in one version and husbando in the other so you can be gay if you want, appeals to coomers, shoujos and furries, sad ending for muh deep story
