>>33113148They need to quit trying to be quirky and tell an enticing story and get back to the sense of mystery and wonder that the earlier games bought by teasing small little mysteries and blowing the player's mind when they find something wonderful behind it all. Best early memories I had were catching the Unown alphabet, discovering Lugia at the bottom of whirlpool cave in Gold, finding Cresselia in DP while fetching a kid's medicine, but by far the best of them all was finding the Regis all on my own hidden around Hoenn, only to climax in discovering Regigigas at the bottom of Snowpoint Temple the immediate next games and finding out he was linked to transfering the Regis from Hoenn; I don't think I'll ever see that side quest that was barely mentioned ever match in Pokemon ever again.
It's been a downward spiral ever since BW tried to be quirky with its "truth/ideals" bullshit and S&M really dropped the ball on a totally nonsense story lacking in potential. Nintendo has a Zelda team, Intelligent Systems, and Monolith Soft to go full storyfag with, just let Pokemon be the fun little mysterious adventure game it was a couple years back, no Final Fantasy-esque filler caking the way.
More contests and secret bases would be nice, and maybe different ages and body types like Battle Revolution had for a more personal Pokemon adventure. 
