Recently Nintendo has announced the next mainline series Pokemon game: Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. We haven't seen a lot about this game yet as there is currently only one trailer out however I wanted to go ahead and give my opinion on what I want to see out of the new set of games.
I have always been a fan of the mainline Pokemon games. I remember saving up to by my first DS and then using the extra money I had to buy a used version of Pokemon Diamond. The challenge of searching for where to go next. The rush of success when I defeated hard opponents, the sharing of strategies with my friends whenever we were having trouble defeating certain areas of the game, these are some of the most precious memories I have of playing Pokemon. The first thing I would like to see in the new games is a return to the more challenging side of Pokemon. The past couple of games have been fun but lacked the challenge I felt as a grew up playing pokemon. The puzzles in Gyms have gotten shorter and easier, victory road is now a mostly linear path without any of the maze-like qualities of past games. I want to be able to feel the rush of having accomplished something hard in a Pokemon game again. I realize that Pokemon's fanbase is largely made of younger kids but I hope that with the release of easier games such as Let's Go Evee and Let's Go Pikachu, game Freak will be more willing to up the level of difficulty in their main games to appeal to older fans. Many people who grew up playing Pokemon are now young adults and I think it might be time for a Pokemon game that's aimed at pulling some of them back into the fold. Another big item I would like to see in Sword and Shield is an emphasis on good story telling. My favorite Pokemon games to this day are Pokemon Black and White purely because of the beautiful and interesting story they told. I would like to see something similar in Sword and Shield. Sure battling and training Pokemon still has to be the main focus of the game. The player still needs to battle through all the Gym leaders in order to become the champion of the new region but that doesn't mean there can't be an interesting plot behind the core game mechanics. I loved in the Unova region when you tried to challenge the champion only to be suddenly surrounded by the castle of team Plasma bursting out of the ground. Twists like that make games interesting and keep players on their toes. Ultimately these are the two biggest changes I want to see in the new region. -The new Pokemon games Sword and Shield have been announced -Why I want harder games -Why I want a better story line
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AuthorSamuel Henry is a Senior at DSA in NC. He has 3 years of prior experience in the game design pathway and he's looking forward to becoming a great game designer. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools Categories
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