/vp/ - Pokémon » Thread #52713966

[28 / 2 / 21]

44KiB, 880x290, pokemon_scarlet_violet_together_at_last.jpg

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:37:01 No.52713966 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>52713998 >>52714018 >>52714724 >>52717958 >>52718077 >>52718309 >>52719266 >>52720740 >>52720906 >>52724405

Is the future of Pokemon a MMO?

SwSh: Wild Zone, self contained open world with pokemon on screen
Arceus: Open world
SV: Open world with multiplayer optional

Isn't the next logical step(s) to go full MMO?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:39:55 No.52713991 Report

Quoted By:

Probably not, though i can see them testing the waters with one in a few years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:40:43 No.52713998 Report

Quoted By:

>>52713966
maybe for one game, but no one really wants that to be the future of the series

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:42:54 No.52714018 Report

Quoted By: >>52714047

>>52713966
Gamefreak would not be able to program an mmo, I feel like they should just focus on this current formula for a few gens

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:45:46 No.52714047 Report

Quoted By: >>52714094

>>52714018
I thought tencent is still partnered with gf, or was that a one off thing only for unite?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:51:13 No.52714094 Report

Quoted By:

>>52714047
Tencent only does unite stuff

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 14:59:56 No.52714161 Report

Quoted By: >>52714184

The problem is MMOs dont fit the model financially
Pokemon exists by pumping out shitty cheap to make games really often because you'll buy it anyway

MMOs are intended to have longevity, and as you can see from their other games like go, unite, and sEX are total pay to win micro transactional shit fests

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 15:03:17 No.52714184 Report

Quoted By: >>52714223

>>52714161
Why not both MMO and yearly games?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 15:07:41 No.52714223 Report

Quoted By:

>>52714184
If the mmo gives a similar experience to the mainline then it will compete for sales
It would have to be a totally different catching and battle system

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 16:13:16 No.52714724 Report

Quoted By:

>>52713966
A MMO with Nintendo's netcode (and autism about chat/social features), Game Freak's programming, and TPCi's greed would be a hilarious trainwreck.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 18:32:40 No.52716107 Report

Quoted By:

It would have to be like dofus

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 18:34:33 No.52716121 Report

Quoted By:

A competently made Pokemon MMO would print money. It's insane that they haven't done it yet.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 19:52:50 No.52716955 Report

Quoted By: >>52719397

One thing I'd like to add is If they did an mmo it would need to play ni no kuni style where you have direct control over your pokemon and the trainer can be used for support moves

It has to be a fresh take on the franchise

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 21:29:07 No.52717958 Report

Quoted By: >>52718121

>>52713966
Imagine a pokemon LoL, lmao that would be funny
>Inb4 "That would be a good thing"
Yeah, let's make pokepoker and pokegambling next, I'm sure the kids will be fine...

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 21:39:33 No.52718077 Report

Quoted By: >>52718282

>>52713966
The next logical step is to advance to a larger multiplayer scenario. Currently, that is limited to Unite, which facilitates 5v5 matches for a total of 10 players interacting with each other simultaneously.

The Main Game Series is unlikely to go full MMO due to how important the single-player aspect is. That said, given that Unite gets regular updates, it is not inconceivable that an online spinoff game could take the form of an MMO. That said, a genuine MMO capable of handling dozens or even hundreds of players in a single location (i.e. OSRS's Grand Exchange, WoW's Auction Houses, etc.) would have to take place on a computer rather than a switch or a phone due to the limits of handheld devices.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 21:43:49 No.52718121 Report

Quoted By: >>52718577

>>52717958
>Pokémon LoL.
Isn't that unite?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 21:56:36 No.52718282 Report

Quoted By:

>>52718077
gotta do it like destiny where everything is instanced but randomly instances will cross over with other people to make it seem like the world is alive

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 22:00:00 No.52718309 Report

Quoted By:

>>52713966
temtems is a pokemon-like mmo, but I have no idea how that's doing because it looks ugly

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 22:23:37 No.52718577 Report

Quoted By: >>52719062

>>52718121
Unite-what?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 23:03:37 No.52719062 Report

Quoted By:

>>52718577
pokemon's microtransaction game

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 23:20:11 No.52719266 Report

Quoted By: >>52719338

>>52713966
It has become extremely apparent that the reason Gamefreak and Nintendo have never even toyed with the idea of making a Pokémon MMO is simply because they are just not competent enough to do it. They can barely handle a single player game on par with two gens ago.
Considering we're in an era where WoW is STILL GOING after nearly twenty years and FFXIV has been going ten and has problems such as TOO MANY PLAYERS TRYING TO PLAY AT ONCE THAT THEY SUSPEND GAME SALES, there is a big niche for it that they COULD fill and just never will.
Expectations would be sky-high, and if everyone played a buggy Pokémon MMO they couldn't hide it anymore. The secret would be out once and for all. It's an open secret already but it's hard to actually verify unless you already own the games.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 23:25:13 No.52719338 Report

Quoted By: >>52719397

>>52719266
What you essentially described is pokémon, for shut-in nerds, basically.
Which begs the question "why would Game Freak need or want to make nerd pokémon, when kiddy pokémon brought the franchise to the top of the global list of brands by revenue?".

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 19 Dec 2022 23:29:59 No.52719397 Report

Quoted By:

>>52719338
I'm sorry?
I don't believe I described any game in particular; I was saying that Gamefreak are literally not competent to create any kind of MMO.
I used WoW and XIV as examples because they are extremely high earners, in part due to their long service, and also their popularity. As you can probably guess the grand majority of created characters are played for a short time and abandoned, but the game purchase and initial payments are more than enough to cover operations cost.
I don't think a Pokémon MMO should play anything like either of them; I liked >>52716955's idea of actually controlling the Pokémon directly when in use. Not sure what that would be like but something with Souls/Elden Ring-like online play might be more appropriate for Pokémon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 01:14:18 No.52720740 Report

Quoted By:

>>52713966
Yes

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 01:27:32 No.52720906 Report

Quoted By:

>>52713966
A Pokemon MMO would be a grindy piece of shit littered with microtransactions.

Any game with microtransactions is deliberately designed to be tedious and grindy to psychologically manipulate people into spending money to speed it up. They make their games boring and frustrating on purpose so you'll pay to not play it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 01:30:59 No.52720953 Report

Quoted By:

Before they try their hand at an MMO, they need to learn how to build a better looking overworld. I think it could happen but it cannot be another short development cycle. I think SV goes a lot in the right direction, but manages to look inexcusably bad while doing so. The half-assery needs to end.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 03:20:24 No.52722210 Report

Quoted By:

Monkey paw, you can choose from many different starters but they're all baby pokemon

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO 1658424702592355.png, 2MiB, 2560x1440

Anonymous Tue 20 Dec 2022 06:49:51 No.52724405 Report

Quoted By:

>>52713966
The future is Leaf raping PreciousIeaf forever and ever more than anyone else in the world has been raped combined!!

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

On these archives

Your latest searches