>>37483142>grimdark game for a franchise full of cutesy 'monsters' and childish optimism in its other gameswhy not just play persona?
first off, start the game with the normal bright atmosphere that all pokemon games have to help people feel they are playing an actual pokemon game. i'd slowly then delve into some of the more disturbing aspects of the setting, like the whole slavery thing, throwing hints here and there of suffering and abuse. finally after the story have been submerged in enough dark ill throw in a pokemon rebelion a-la mewtwo. any pokemon that doesn't have a 80%+ happiness with, including boxed ones, will disappear, and pokeballs and pokecenters will stop working. the story wil then focus on survival and finding a way to convince the rebels of a ceasefire.
