>>35180190I'd honestly love them to just go back to sprites, as unlikely as it is. Models look uglier in PMD and I feel like they take away a lot of the personality.
As far as story goes, I just want another villain like Dusknoir, or allies like Chariot and Grovyle who more realistically interact with the player and partner. One of the big points of why Sky definitely worked the best in terms of story was the nature of how the guild and the partner evolved next to one another; initially the militaristic lifestyle and obnoxious people like Chatot and Loudred posed a culture shock to the main team, but over time they adapted and improved themselves and their relations with the guild, to the point they could really depend on one another.
Also, please for the love of God no more "embodiment of evil" antagonists. The first two games were fine; just causality being manipulated by Gengar/Darkrai, and the protags had to fix it. If they really want an unrecruitable final boss, just make Nihilego the big bad manipulator villain and give its motherbeast form to the final boss spot.