>>32921688Tajiri is basically out of the question at this point, though I would like to see another game with the same feeling and aesthetic as Generation I and II. I think that even if Tajiri came back to be something beyond an Executive Producer, Pokémon has gotten so focused on being international and inclusive that going back to the days where there was more of an edge and the world felt more Japanese is unlikely. He was clearly building up Masuda to take over series production since at least Gold and Silver, so I don't know how he'd do on a game released 19 years later.
I'd probably turn down Masuda. He's never blown me away in his directing, but he is my favorite composer.
Definitely no to Ohmori, his games so far have felt like they're missing major key features. The highs are fairly high, but the lows are pretty low.
I have a hard time outright saying yes to either Kawachimaru or Unno since they each only have one role as director beneath their belts, and both to pre-existing content. If the Pokémon game on the Switch is an entirely new game rather than a retread, I don't know how either of them would do, but I'd feel safer with Unno of the two since B2W2 were significantly more different to BW than Platinum was to DP, and I felt that DP was one of Masuda's strongest showings to begin with. B2W2 is also considered one of the strongest pillars in the franchise, and while Platinum is too, I think of Platinum as more of a refinement than a massive leap forward.
Like Kawachimaru and Unno, Morimoto has only done games that have pre-existing models to work off of, but he's done two as opposed to just one like they have, and both times were successful, HGSS arguably being one of the best games in the entire franchise, and Emerald frequently being put in the #4 spot of the main series overall (which is pretty impressive for 16-going-on-17 releases). Morimoto has been around since the very beginning, and I think he has a good grip on the series.
