>>36183072As for what I'd like to see:
- Completely remove Megas and Z-Moves, and do not introduce any new "once per battle super special power up" shit.
- Do not pander to any prior Gen, especially Gen 1.
- Expand regional variant forms ("Alolan __"), make more of them, for more regions, for more Gens than just Gen 1.
- More evolutions for older Gen pokemon that are 1 and 2 stage lines.
- Make EVs, IVs, Natures, and Egg Moves much more easily controlled and visible. None of this "talk to an NPC and the phrase they say back can mean it's in this wide range of values" shit. Show the actual numbers flat out.
- Keep HMs gone, OR make it so HMs and other out-of-battle moves don't take up a move slot somehow.
- Back to the tried and true Gym and Badge system. Trials were a cute little try to mix things up, but I honestly hated them and would much prefer the Gym system.
- Make the Gyms and Leaders more unique. Have more Leader battles that aren't the standard 1v1. Double battles or other kinds of battle changes, like a single permanent weather/terrain/room for the battle.
- Rival that's actually antagonistic, but still vaguely friendly enough to not be a straight up villain. Like how Blue was in the original games. None of this full-on-friendship bullshit, and especially none of the XY full-on-friendship-group shit.
- Skip-able tutorials (Gen 2 allowed it, why have they not since?), and either far less cut-scenes or skip-able cut-scenes.
