>>36033032>player character speaks>*insert person or pokemon* dies in the game>8+ named characters that are supposed to be important>"special" forms of popular pokemonThese all can be good if done right, like player character speaking can be done in a way like Mass effect does it, by giving the player choices for the player character to speak, a death of a character or pokemon can be done well if it's not overused and has some deep, 8+ important named characters can be done by making them important figures of teams or factions in the game, or just recurrent characters, and special forms for popular pokemon could be fun if they are the reward for doing an event, they are the signature pokemon of X character, or just straight up being the final boss, like shadow lugia
