>>48228355>1. What place would GF tackle for Gen IX’s region?I'm going to assume what they'd do is for money and not what would be cool. Considering how much they have been marketing the series towards China lately, it's only natural that they would have it set there. Gen 10 is likely going to be back in Japan for anniversary purposes.
>2. Would it be announced next year or the year after?Probably February 2023 since they clearly want to milk Legends for whatever it's worth in 2022.
>3. Would it be better than Gen VIII?It'll probably be similar to gen VII and VIII. They clearly made a differentiation on their old v. new markets. The best example of this is BDSP being clearly geared towards older fans of the series (bringing back the overworld gameplay akin to the grid system in older games, chibi artstyle, etc.); while Legends puts more of a focus on the 3D elements like SM/USUM and SwSh did.
You could even argue they have three markets if we see another Let's Go game. Let's go (casual market), BDSP (classic market), SwSh/Legends (new market). It really makes me wonder if we're going to see them go down the Square Enix route with an even more clear differentiation from their various markets like you see with Final Fantasy.
