You all need to stop being so pesemistic and hateful, let's imagine if the 90's early 00's square had pokemon instead of gamefreak
hmmmmm......
>Graphics are similar to that of secret of mana or
>they let Akira Toriyama or Tetsuya Nomura redesign everything
>MP bar instead of move uses
>Either set in the far future or medival past
>actual pokemon villains
>more fully sentient Pokemon with their own societies
>actual danger in the story,
>More abstract locals and landscapes
>More odd events such as time travel and dimension warping could occur (yes I am aware of 4th gen, but they didn't take it far enough)
>having legendaries actually effects the world and player
>enemies aside from pokemon appear (ghost, giant robot, thugs, etc.)
>instead of being a blank slate, the protagonist will have a pre set personality and most likely won't be 10-15
>EVs are gone
>stunning 3D visuals or 2D visuals
> the characters actually will be badass instead of bullshit headcannon
>at worst, we will at least have some stupid characters to laugh at