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>The year is 20XX.
>Battling has been removed as battling implies a loser, and losing is less fun when you could just play a mobile game. It is now a gacha game sold on consoles
>Games journalists praise this mood for increasing accessibility.
>Joe Merrick is hired as the pokémon company's official spokesman.
>The new game only has 16 catchable pokémon. They are all given to you in cut scenes because battling and catching is cut. These pokémon include: Pikachu, Eevee, charmander, charmeleon, charizard, all of the starters, and a singular legendary. There is zero difference between the two games
>Every double pack sells out instantly on announcement despite previously mentioned lack of difference between games.
>Every game reviewing website is sent a copy that includes extra features and content. Some websites that were very good get an actual game.
>People that dislike the games are banned from ever playing pokémon again.
>Launching the game turns your console/device into a pokémon machine. It can no longer do anything except play the game you bought. It effectively becomes your operating system.
>Uncrackable DRM prevents modding of any kind
>People defend it
>Masuda gets a Nobel peace prize
>Journalists give it perfect scores as a "revolutionary step in modern haming."
How close are we to this happening
>Battling has been removed as battling implies a loser, and losing is less fun when you could just play a mobile game. It is now a gacha game sold on consoles
>Games journalists praise this mood for increasing accessibility.
>Joe Merrick is hired as the pokémon company's official spokesman.
>The new game only has 16 catchable pokémon. They are all given to you in cut scenes because battling and catching is cut. These pokémon include: Pikachu, Eevee, charmander, charmeleon, charizard, all of the starters, and a singular legendary. There is zero difference between the two games
>Every double pack sells out instantly on announcement despite previously mentioned lack of difference between games.
>Every game reviewing website is sent a copy that includes extra features and content. Some websites that were very good get an actual game.
>People that dislike the games are banned from ever playing pokémon again.
>Launching the game turns your console/device into a pokémon machine. It can no longer do anything except play the game you bought. It effectively becomes your operating system.
>Uncrackable DRM prevents modding of any kind
>People defend it
>Masuda gets a Nobel peace prize
>Journalists give it perfect scores as a "revolutionary step in modern haming."
How close are we to this happening
