There’s been many mainline Pokemon video games launched over time, every containing distinctive points or inclusions of recent capabilities and options. Sadly, not all of those options have been constantly included within the following titles, leaving them at nighttime limbo of previous consoles and Pokemon recreation generations.
Whereas there’s little doubt that not each recreation mechanic will likely be a winner, a few of them proceed to face out towards fashionable Pokemon titles, leaving a gap within the hearts of Trainers who’ve been dreaming of their return. Preserving this in thoughts, we’ve gone forward and caught 10 of essentially the most deserving Pokemon recreation mechanics that have to make a comeback.
Pokemon Contests
If there’s one minigame I miss most from ORAS, it’s the Pokemon Contests. Not solely did it enable your coach to decorate up in a flashy new outfit and take part in one thing apart from a Gymnasium Battle, however you additionally acquired a brilliant funky little Contest Pikachu who may swap between a number of completely different outfits. Everytime you had been sick of grinding out ranges or hitting the Pokemon Gyms, Pokemon Contests had been a enjoyable method to cross the time and get some use out of the opposite ‘Mons you won’t use in battle.
I’d like to see this function make a return to Pokemon video games sooner or later, maybe reworked as an alternate story path very like Scarlet & Violet’s Starfall Road, Victory Highway, and Path of Legends. It might be loads of enjoyable having the ability to hit up varied contests to earn Ribbons in the identical format as Gymnasium Badges, very like the Contest variation within the animated present.
Most of all, the most effective a part of this function was that in ORAS, there was an choice to compete towards your pals in contests slightly than battles, which added one other enjoyable multiplayer exercise to take pleasure in collectively. As the way forward for Pokemon is heading extra towards an expertise that may be loved alongside your pals, Contests would absolutely be a welcome addition to any future Pokemon title.
Battle Frontier & Battle Tree
Two of essentially the most adored options of earlier technology Pokemon video games are the Battle Frontier and Battle Tree. The Battle Frontier is a post-League location within the Hoenn Area that hosts a number of completely different buildings, every with its personal Frontier Mind that the participant can problem after racking up an amassed variety of battles gained inside the precise college, giving an extra League-like problem to take part in when you’ve turn out to be the Champion.
The Battle Tree is a facility positioned within the Alola Area the place trainers compete to see what number of different challenges they’ll defeat in a row after which end off with a match towards a Battle Legend. Nevertheless, the most important enchantment to this mechanic was {that a} stable number of Battle Tree challengers consisted of many acquainted faces from earlier generations, similar to Allies, Rivals, Champions, and Staff Leaders, deemed ‘Particular Trainers.’ This was a superb method to let these characters shine once more, as there’s nothing fairly like going head-to-head towards your favorites from earlier Gens.
If the listing of Particular Trainers was expanded for the Battle Tree to be reintroduced in a brand new Pokemon title, it may provide some severely enjoyable post-game content material to maintain gamers round and show they’re the most effective like nobody ever was.
Exploring A number of Areas in One Sport
There’s one motive specifically why the Johto Area video games (Gold/Silver/Crystal & HeartGold/SoulSilver) have at all times had a particular place in my coronary heart as my favourite franchise titles; they’re the one video games that allow you to discover multiple Area. After I left the Johto Area and surfed my manner throughout to Kanto as a bit child on my GameBoy Colour, it blew my thoughts. Why have we by no means had the privilege of experiencing such pleasure once more?
What would I give to have the ability to unlock a world map when you clear your house Area, permitting you to journey to and discover the others like Ash Ketchum himself? Effectively, Dusknoir is the closest factor to a Grim Reaper, so I’d completely sacrifice my soul to this creepy Ghost-Kind in favor of this idea. This might even work within the type of DLC, plus it could give an opportunity to revisit previous buddies and rivals from earlier generations, each sparking that nostalgic curiosity from old-time gamers whereas additionally introducing newbies to among the pleasant and joyful people (I’m you, Silver) we’ve met alongside the way in which.
DexNav
DexNav is by far one of the vital common mechanics launched to a Pokemon recreation. Current within the ORAS titles, DexNav was a enjoyable little function of the PokeNav that instructed the participant info similar to degree, skills, and IVs of the wild Pokemon roaming their present location. DexNav would additionally present info on hidden Pokemon, giving the participant an indicator when a species they hadn’t but found is close by.
On high of this, DexNav additionally got here geared up with a ‘search’ operate, permitting you to scan the realm for a particular Pokemon that inhabits it. This made DexNav the right instrument for shiny searching, as it could additionally rely the chain of Pokemon that you simply had seen in a row, indicated by a ‘Search Stage’ stat.
Pokemon-Amie
Pokemon-Amie was a function launched in Pokemon X & Y, permitting the participant to handle their Pokemon and improve bonds by petting, feeding, and enjoying with their beloved workforce. As you possibly can think about, this was very lovable and amusing, with every Pokemon having its personal distinctive animations and behaviors displayed.
Pokemon-Amie featured enjoyable minigames that you possibly can play to lift the friendship ranges of your Pokemon. This was way more entertaining than merely elevating friendship by means of strolling and Pokemon battles, and it actually made the expertise extra private, such as you had been actually taking good care of a beloved pet.
Diving
Browsing in Pokemon video games is at all times enjoyable till it’s not. Ultimately, swimming throughout those self same previous seas can really feel repetitive and tiresome, particularly when the likes of Tentacool and Wailmer are so relentless about getting in your manner. Effectively, within the Hoenn Area titles, there’s a novel mechanic concerning the transfer Dive that really means that you can discover the underwater trenches of the oceans you surf upon.
This provides one other layer of exploration to a Pokemon recreation, giving the participant extra probabilities to search out gadgets and uncover distinctive Pokemon preferring to reside within the depths of the ocean slightly than close to the floor. This mechanic was loads of enjoyable, particularly as a result of gamers received to decide on the areas that they wished to dive into, nearly including a puzzle-like aspect to the enjoyable of your search. Plus, it was simply actually cool to find the labyrinth-like seafloor of the Hoenn Area.
Mega Evolution
Again earlier than all the wild mechanics, similar to Terastallizing, Dynamaxing, and Z-Strikes, there was Mega Evolution. Arguably the most effective amongst them, Mega Evolution launched varied Mega Stone maintain gadgets for particular Pokemon, permitting you to activate a Key Stone and alter their kind to a extra highly effective one as soon as per battle.
There are 46 completely different Pokemon able to Mega Evolving, with 48 completely different Mega Evolution varieties in existence. Mega Evolution was extraordinarily common not only for the enjoyable mechanic however for the nice designs many Pokemon acquired, leading to a flurry of fan-made Mega Evolution ideas over the next years.
Battle Types (Triple, Rotation, & Inverse Battles)
Pokemon Battles are the core side of any mainline Pokemon recreation, with many gamers even having fun with going head-to-head towards their buddies in PvP matches or getting into the world of on-line Aggressive Battling. In the course of the DS/3DS period of video games, there have been a couple of additional battle modes included on high of the traditional Normal and Double Battles format.
The primary of those was Triple Battles, permitting trainers to battle with three Pokemon on the sector every. This allowed for some actually attention-grabbing combos and concord of skills to negate qualities similar to Kind benefit or resistance. Rotation Battles had been just like Triple Battles within the format of three Pokemon being on the sector at a time for either side; nonetheless, as a free motion every flip, the participant may rotate the positioning of their Pokemon, as solely the lead Pokemon can assault.
Inverse Battles had been a wacky battle variant, shaking all the pieces up with reversed Kind matchups and eradicating immunity from the battle, that means you’ll continually be stored in your toes, double-checking the reversed-type matchups in your head. This added a puzzle-like feeling to the battles and made them way more difficult to drag off with none struggles. These completely different battle modes had been actually a bit quirky in nature but in addition loads of enjoyable to play for a problem towards different gamers. Because of this, they’d be a welcome addition again to any future Pokemon titles.
Shadow Pokemon
First launched in Pokemon Colosseum, Shadow Pokemon are beings which have had the doorways to their hearts shut by a synthetic course of and are actually being utilized in wrongful acts. Shadow Pokemon might be restored to their customary varieties by purification. Shadow Pokemon are actually intriguing, sporting a ghostly, darkened visible kind in comparison with their default sprites. Because of this, it could be superior to see them seem in a future mainline Pokemon title, even when the prospect to acquire them is restricted to a special day, similar to a limited-time occasion (Shadow Lugia, we’re all you.)
Shadow Pokemon are current in Pokemon GO, with Shadow species benefiting from a 20% enhance to the Assault stat whereas in fight. It might be extraordinarily attention-grabbing to see this mechanic switch right into a mainline Pokemon title, as it could maybe give Trainers a complete new species to gather alongside the unique Dex and glossy searching.
Problem Mode / Altering Issue
Pokemon is a franchise that’s beloved by all ages, and in the case of Pokemon video games, that’s each a blessing and a curse. Elder followers continually complain that the video games are far too straightforward, aimed extra at a baby viewers, whereas youngsters nonetheless wrestle with many fashionable points of Pokemon video games sometimes. Effectively, the Pokemon Black & White video games briefly helped to repair this with the inclusion of their Key System operate, permitting a participant to decide on between Straightforward, Regular, and Problem modes.
Deciding on a mode apart from Regular in your playthrough would alter the degrees of enemy Trainers’ Pokemon groups in addition to the smarts of the battle AI, giving gamers on Straightforward mode a a lot much less intense time getting by means of the sport, and holding Problem Mode gamers on their toes, particularly as a result of reality the Elite 4 use further Pokemon on their workforce, alongside way more favorable movesets and Maintain Objects.