>Gen 1 - just a kid exploring a region and beating the yakuza (which is honestly pretty boring), with some shady genetic experiments going on in the background
>Gen 2 - kid exploring a region, learning about the culture and folklore of the place. Legendaries were still just in the background for the most part
>Gen 3 - kid has to stop rampaging legendaries that can control the weather from destroying the region
>Gen 4 - kid has to stop an organization/cult that wants to fucking destroy the universe using the power of the gods of creation
>Gen 5 - not as crazy as Gen 4, but now the "epicness" of the story revolves around some ancient prophecies and "the chosen ones". Then BW2 comes and we have flying ships freezing cities and pokemon fusion
>Gen 6 - another genocidal maniac trying to destroy the world, but the main source of crazy flashy stuff here was the whole concept of mega evolution. Zinnia/Hoopa and their multiverse shit made it even worse
>Gen 7 - comfy hawaiian adventure is irrelevant because we now have fucking aliens, wormholes, blue people and apparently een some fanfic-tier "all the previous villains are working together" bullshit
Where can they even go from here? How much crazy and over the top can they make the main games before they decide to go back to a simpler adventure like Gen 2?
Gen 8 is probably a lost cause because the inevitable DP remakes will go back to the creation of the universe thing, but is there any hope for Gen 9?
