Forget Pokemon Friends, I Want To Play Pokemon Enemies

After announcing it two months in advance for some reason, the latest rendition of Pokemon Presents has come to an end. It was a relatively shallow showcase as it revealed small updates for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon: Legends Z-A, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Champions, and additions coming to the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Trading Card Game. If ဣyou were expecting some sort of surprise announcement, you were not going to find it this time around. But hey, at least we saw a sick Pikachu DJ set!

One new announcement was 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Friends, a new title for mobile and Nintendo Switch in which you build a virtual collection of plushies. I have enough of those in real life, but now, I’ll be able to๊ spice up my commute with cheaper digital alternatives. These are earned after solving a trio o🃏f random puzzles, which will in turn reward you with yarn that you can place into a machine known as the Plush-O-Matic. It appears the plushes can be specific, random, or curated, depending on whether you are taking on quests for other characters or earning a daily stamp, which will be added to your calendar. Yep, it’s definitely a mobile game.

There are different types of yarn that will make a distinct𓄧 variety of plushies, so it feels like a crafting system which has been expanded into a full Pokemon experience.

Pokemon Friends Doesn’t Look Like Much Of A Game

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You can compete with friends to earn new pieces of furniture before moving both that and your growing collection of plushies into apartments resembling the houses you may find within Animal Crossing: New Horizons. It all looks very simple and well-suited for a smaller screen like Switc♔h or mobile, but it also appears ripe for microtransactions for those keen to earn every single plushie the game has to offer. Only time will tell how it’s received, but like many other Pokemon mobile experiences, I fear it may be doomed to eventu꧅al obscurity.

Besides, the name ‘Pokemon Friends’ made me think about a far more exciting pitch that I would love to see made into a game. Throughout its history, Pokemon has been defined by its rivals. Each new mainline game has you naming your character and getting your very first Pokemon alongside a rival character who will fꦓollow you for the entire narrative. They usually aren’t bad people, but that doesn’t stop them from being hyper-competitive and determined to beat you to the top.

There are also a number of evil teams, like Rocket, Magma, Aqua, and 🥂more, who underpin the main narrative with their diabolical schemes. It’s your job as 🉐the main character to stop them, but what if the tables suddenly flipped, and you were suddenly one of them? Not a child trying to travel the world and become the very best, but a Team Rocket grunt who must rise to the top in their own unique way?

You can get a rough idea of the downloadable content available in Pokemon Friends by looking at the . It all looks aꦛ little bit dodgy...

Imagine if a game flipped the script and was no longer about being a character of your own making, but a named individual with a specific role to play anꦦd story to experience. There are so many ways in which this could unfold in a modern context, and it’s not the first time that we’ve seen a spin-off of this ilk with Pokemon Colosseum, Ranger, and more already being beloved by small subsets of fans. But now, I want one that focuses entirely on the baddies.

I Want A Pokemon Game Where You Play As The Bad Guys

My immediate thought was that you would play a♔s a member of Team Rocket, similar to🥃 Jessie or James, and your mission was to embark on journeys to different regions around the world, taking on assignments like capturing Pokemon before suddenly being blasted off again into the horizon. After all, you’re the baddies; you aren’t meant to emerge victorious. This gameplay formula could be held up by solving puzzles, sneaking around specific environments, or even doing battle with your own roster of monsters. You could also befriend fellow Rocket members back at base before working your way up the ranks and beyond. We know there is a hierarchy, so hurry up and let us climb it.

Alternatively, I would love to play the son/daug🤪hter of the leader of an evil syndicate. A group like Team Magma or Team Aqua who have grand ambitions for the world, no matter the consequences. It would be fascinating to play a named character in this world with their own motivations and values, before being given the freedom to shape them and decide whether you stand with your family or turn against them. Pokemon is always seen as a game for 🐎kids, but it’s also capable of deeper storytelling, especially if it is willing to suddenly turn the tables and focus solely on its antagonists.

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I just think there is so much more potential in the Pokemon IP than a handful of mobile titles designed to bleed us dry and mainline console entries that seldom reach their potential. With a game like Pokemon Enemies - that’s its name 🌜now, I’ve officially decided - it could take this universe so much further, whether it be retreading old ground or something entirely new. It would be amazing to see Pokemon take risks, and ideas like this ဣare the perfect start.