Author Topic: Pokemon Battle Revolution! (Read 17122 times)

Mario · « **on:** June 07, 2006, 03:54:45 AM »

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/06/07/103,1149672727,54492,0,0.html

Nintendo apparently just held a meeting or something, where they announced Pokemon Battle Revolution for Wii. It will have connectivity with the DS Diamond/Pearl and be released a few months after. Looks like another Stadium from the one pic currently available, i'm happy that they haven't attempted another generic RPG with this (hopefully).

Looks great! Pikachu looks a bit different but the style is definitely interesting

Dasmos · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2006, 04:20:50 AM »

They look shiny, these PKMN must be made of plastic!

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2006, 05:04:07 AM »

SO SHINY! But I don't want another Stadium game...

Pale · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2006, 05:19:06 AM »

Like Mario Galaxy... maybe a little toooo shiny.

Pale · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2006, 05:24:36 AM »

If this is a stadium game I won't mind as long as they do it up right. Pokemon Stadium 2 on the N64 was an awesome pokemon companion with great organization features. I wouldn't mind that as long as something more substantial is in the works.

Also, I wish I had a firm translation of what I'm looking at so I could put it up here...

cubist · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2006, 05:36:34 AM »

Pokemon is the one franchise that could've single-handedly sold more N64s and GCNs, but Nintendo just did not capitalize on its success. The window of opportunity is barely open to do this and yet Nintendo has not capitalized with the MMORPG that everyone's been asking for. Pokemon can put Nintendo WiFi on the map in a hurry if done right.

Pale · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2006, 05:37:43 AM »

I full expect this game to have WiFi features. It won't be an MMO, but you can still trade, battle, and hopefully enter tournaments online I'm sure.

Kairon · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2006, 06:58:17 AM »

God, why do people still talk about a Pokemon MMORPG when there are so many huge daunting challenges that need to be overcome if the game goes in that direction! Blockbuster Traditional MMORPGs take YEARS of development and are the DEVIL to do right!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

EasyCure · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:03:58 AM »

i lost all interest in pokemon back in the days of 64, but if they made an mmorpg where i could use the wiimote to simulate throwing a pokeball into battle, i'd give it a shot ;-)

Pale · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:12:33 AM »

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Originally posted by: Kairon
God, why do people still talk about a Pokemon MMORPG when there are so many huge daunting challenges that need to be overcome if the game goes in that direction! Blockbuster Traditional MMORPGs take YEARS of development and are the DEVIL to do right!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Sounds like reason enough that we haven't seen one yet but doesn't prove that one isn't in development

I do agree on some level though. Older PokeGeeks (like me) would want more than Nintendo could deliver anyway. They need kids to play Pokemon, and parents won't be keen on throwing their kids out there to the predators... sexual predators =P So lets not turn this thread into a NiNTENd0 SHULD MAKES TEH MMO POKYMAN thread and instead discuss what can be done to improve the stadium games!

Requiem · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:26:56 AM »

Meh....never been a fan of pokemon, so whatever....

Nephilim · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:29:33 AM »

you never had a good reason to flame this thread, so whatever

Wackman · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:30:06 AM »

wow, those graphics look great!. Ihope they are gameplay graphics! Don't care much for Pokemon though.

Requiem · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:32:29 AM »

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Originally posted by: DeadlyD
you never had a good reason to flame this thread, so whatever

ummm....

What?

Kairon · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:32:30 AM »

This game is set to release a couple months after Diamond/Pearl... when is Diamond Pearl releasing? This year? THIS YEAR?!?! WHEN?!?!?!

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Kairon · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:37:45 AM »

Hmmm... IGN claims a Dec. 2006 release date for Pokemon Diamond/Pearl in Japan. 3 months after that is March 2007, which is sort of 9 months from now, enough time to pump out a Pokemon Stadium type title assuming they only started developing right now.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Bloodworth · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:43:54 AM »

The graphics are real-time.
http://www.irwebcasting.com/060607/03/74d18b0400/main/index_hi.htm
Go to slide 70 and then press the third button under the slide to see Pokemon in action.

Pale · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2006, 07:44:27 AM »

But we won't see them for like 2 years in the states

ShyGuy · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2006, 08:10:25 AM »

Dang, that video looked impressive. More like N64 graphics, amIrite??

Ian Sane · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2006, 08:32:14 AM »

"The window of opportunity is barely open to do this and yet Nintendo has not capitalized with the MMORPG that everyone's been asking for."

The MMO stuff is a relatively recent idea. The original game everyone wanted back on the N64 was a 3D Pokemon RPG that played like the Gameboy games with going to gyms, capturing Pokemon, etc. The time to have released this was early in the Cube's life, around 2002 or so. At that point the craze was still reasonably strong and it would have sold Cubes like hotcakes. The Xbox would NEVER have pulled ahead that Christmas if they had this game on the Cube. Instead Pokemon Colloseum came out way too late and although technically an RPG it was completely devoid of all the elements that make Pokemon fun and is one of the most frustratingly bad games I've ever played. Nintendo blew it. They had the perfect killer app and now it's too late for it to quite have the same punch it would have had a few years ago.

Not that they shouldn't ever release such a game. It would still sell really well and every killer game helps. The way Nintendo has handled Pokemon has been very non-Nintendo like. Normally they seem to recognize the importance of making really phenomenal sequels and not relying entirely on a franchise name to attract sales. But with Pokemon they've released all sorts of substandard junk and although Gold/Silver was awesome they phoned it in with the GBA Pokemon games. They've handled Pokemon more like how I would expect EA to handle a franchise.

Pokemon Battle Revolution looks nice anyway and I'm glad they're not doing any BS where the seperate Stadium into two games and try to sell junk like Pokemon Box as a seperate game. I've never liked how Nintendo has handled Pokemon but they did a WAY better job with it during the N64 days than the Cube days so if they're going back to the N64 way of doing things that's an improvement. Plus it's kind of cool that this game is coming out so soon. They've got a lot of stuff in the works for the Wii.

Requiem · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2006, 08:38:33 AM »

I don't know Ian. An awesome pokemon remincent of the GBA with a WiFi Stadium multiplayer would be a killer-app for sure (at least in Japan).

People would train there pokemons for months just so they could compete in the latest and greatest tournament. Add in fantastic prizes if you win, and you not only have a cult following, but also a killer-app on your hands.

Frozen Atlantic · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:55:23 AM »

Nintendo had the kids version of Grand Theft Auto in 2000 and totally blew it.

Now they have the kids version of...um... The Getaway. Not blockbuster, but a solid franchise. They're still blowing it.

MAKE A NORMAL, 30-HOUR POKERPG FOR WII. With a storyline. Sell 2 million of them. Not that difficult.

Kairon · « **Reply #22 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:58:47 AM »

But that is the path to the dark side Frozen Atlantic!

Pokemon from a game design standpoint is stagnant and tired. Nintendo needs to friggin innovate a little with the core series.

~Carmine M. Red
Kairon@aol.com

Ian Sane · « **Reply #23 on:** June 07, 2006, 10:07:58 AM »

"I don't know Ian. An awesome pokemon remincent of the GBA with a WiFi Stadium multiplayer would be a killer-app for sure (at least in Japan)."

In Japan yeah. And by regular videogame standards such a game would still be a killer app. But Pokemon used to be a mainstream killer app in North America. It was one of those games that EVERYONE was somewhat familiar with even if they didn't play it.

"Pokemon from a game design standpoint is stagnant and tired. Nintendo needs to friggin innovate a little with the core series."

Well they've never done it right in 3D. I figure such a game would be as innovative as Zelda's transition to 3D. It'll be like the N64 days when Nintendo was making old franchises feel new again just by switching them to 3D.

Magik · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2006, 10:18:50 AM »

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Originally posted by: Requiem
I don't know Ian. An awesome pokemon remincent of the GBA with a WiFi Stadium multiplayer would be a killer-app for sure (at least in Japan).

People would train there pokemons for months just so they could compete in the latest and greatest tournament. Add in fantastic prizes if you win, and you not only have a cult following, but also a killer-app on your hands.

An online enabled Pokemon game is pretty much what every pokemon fan has been wanting since the beginning. It would give the Pokemon franchise new life.

Like you said, it would give people reason to actually train their pokemons so they can compete online.

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