Post by: RahXephon on February 16, 2003, 06:04:08 PM
Plus, what do you think of it being cel-shaded, good or bad?
Post by: Taco on February 16, 2003, 06:11:16 PM
Post by: RahXephon on February 16, 2003, 06:14:41 PM
Post by: TheResidentEvil on February 16, 2003, 06:15:16 PM
Post by: MaxXUnlimited on February 16, 2003, 07:15:24 PM
I just hope it can connect with Ruby and Saphire^_^
Post by: Chris150 on February 16, 2003, 07:47:55 PM
First off a headset is a must. You could talk to other players by using a keyboard or headset. Also when you command your pokemon you can yell out orders to them that you make. For example you want your pokemon to use tackle. First you enter the pokemon's stats. Then you select tackle. You'll see a list of stats for the move and a couple of options. One will be command. Here you would select a button or enter your own command you say for the move. So you select the latter and a little recording thing comes up. You say tackle and during battle if you say tackle your pokemon will do so. Of course you could say anything you want for tackle...
Another thing would be letting one of your pokemon follow you around pikachu style. You could show off your latest catch or just give your favorite a little break from the ball.
There should also be a rank system. When you first start out you'll be a nobody but after playing alot and winning tons of battles you'll have a rank that fits your battle records. You can be either feared or a joke. You could also be recognized for all the rare pokemon you catch.
About the one-of-a-kind pokemon like Mewtwo, Legendary birds, etc., They should have contests to earn them. These could be battle tournements or a race through a dungeon to be the first to catch it. I'm sure they'll allow more than one winner. Maybe like 10 or something. But the 1st one-of-a-kind captured will be significantly stronger than the 10th.
About battles... As i mentioned above, they could include spoken comands or you just press a button. Pressing a button would have a little penalty though, to even things out. To challenge a person you walk up to them and press A or something. Then you could talk via headset or keyboard. If you want to battle you could press Y and a prompt would appear confirming this for both players. Then the screen would flash and the battle has started. Your battles would be out in the open, no special battle arena, and you could use the terrain as an advantage. Other players could watch your fight as their passing by. Maybe learn a few tips from more experianced trainers. After the battle is over, the winner would claim half the loser's money and/or the pokemon/item they bet on the battle.
I have a few more ideas for Gym battles... First off, gym leaders would start out with Nintendo people running them. When they get defeated the winner could choose to take over that gym, after getting the badge of course. There would be the customary 8 offical gyms at first, but people can start up their own gyms and if their good enough, could become offical gyms with their very own badge to give out. You could customize the badge as you please (as long as it's appropriete). You could also customize the gym. Have a sort of level creater. You could create the terrain to work well with your favorite pokemon. If yours sorta getting tired of being a gym leader, tough, you have to stick to being one until your defeated. That is if your gyms offical.
Those are some of my ideas. I have a few more but i'll share them another time...
Post by: Dark Staedtler on February 16, 2003, 08:13:19 PM
Maybe randomly generated physical traits and some sort of skill selection chart.
Post by: Chris150 on February 16, 2003, 08:42:48 PM
You, the trainer, could have special traits. Like your trainer is more power than mind and when you raise your pokemon, they would follow a similar trend. For appearence...COMPLETE customization (is that word?)! More customization than PSO. More than the sims. You choose your face parts, hair (style, color, headwear), clothes ( and not some preset outfits, you choose every sticth), and body parts (want a 6th finger? you got it!). You could fill out a bio about your trainer and other things. Of course...I'm stating the obvious here...Let's move on to more original ideas...which i'll think up in a bit....
I have so many ideas for this game! I just need to refine them a bit.
Post by: GoldShadow on February 16, 2003, 08:51:58 PM
Post by: Chris150 on February 16, 2003, 09:03:39 PM
That leads me to something.... What do you think about your Pokemon having scars and stuff from battles? For instance... Your Mewtwo gets slashed in the eye. You don't go to the pokeomn center for a long time cuz you're Mewtwo is tougher than that right? Well after many battles later you finally decide to let your Mewtwo rest at a center. After he's healed, you come back and what's this? Your Mewtwo still has slash marks on his eye. And they stay there forever. Unless of course you take him to a poke-specialist and get it removed. I like that idea..No one pokemon is the same....
Post by: Marcus Arillius on February 17, 2003, 03:02:52 AM
Also, your pokemon should be able to learn an unlimited amount of abilities. (just thought that up)
Post by: Kuchakor on February 17, 2003, 03:19:36 AM
And the whole unique/scars idea sounds awesome.
And about the microphone, I don't want to hear EVERYONE, only people i go up to and they agree to talk.
Post by: joshnickerson on February 17, 2003, 04:08:43 AM
Of course it should be on-line too. You could have different Pokemon Centers (similar to PSO's starships) that you could go to and chat to other trainers and challenge them to battles. You could even have different arena based on what town the Pokemon Center is. Some random elements could come into play here, such as Team Rocket sticking their nose in, and you and the other trainer now have to team up to fight them.
These would be cool for a Stadium style game, and of course would be used when the full fledged RPG finally comes out. I just think it will be the next next Pokemon GCN game that we'll actually see some RPG/Action goodness.
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 17, 2003, 04:26:22 AM
As for those who are worried about the fees since online would be very server intensive not to mention the money for prises have to come some where. Read about me theory on the Pokemon Online thread.
Post by: TheResidentEvil on February 17, 2003, 04:41:29 AM
Have you never played pokemo? That would ruin the game....
Post by: RahXephon on February 17, 2003, 05:00:57 AM
Chris you got some nice ideas, but while i would love the headset to call out my commands, there would be a problem of chatting. Like someone said, establish a "Talk connection" with like Y or something. That would fit well. Also i believe the battles should NOT just take place on the field, for obvious reasons such as lag and such. HOWEVER people should be able to walk up to 2 pepole who are battling and choose "OBSERVE". Allowing watching, and commenting on the battle.
Oh AND VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE TOURNAMENTS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLACE BETS. WHY THE FRIG DOESN'T NINTENDO READ ALL OUR IDEAS MAN.
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 17, 2003, 05:02:48 AM
Here's a new thought you can learn to make your own pokeballs. You can set different attributes but using different nuts mechanisms and be able the teak those (within certin pereimeters.) That will be a new thing to trade and show off.
Post by: BoB007 on February 17, 2003, 06:45:58 AM
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"Also, your pokemon should be able to learn an unlimited amount of abilities. (just thought that up.)
Have you never played pokemo? That would ruin the game.... "
NO it wouldnt ... have you ever seen the show .... the pokemon know alot more than 4 moves on the show ...
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 17, 2003, 07:09:20 AM
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Post by: ShockingAlberto on February 17, 2003, 09:32:59 AM
As for the online aspect (should it ever exist), I think your character should be allowed to change clothes. Think about it: in the game, all the trainers dress like "Flamethrowers" (who, obviously, use Fire Pokemon), Schoolgirls (cute, normal Pokemon), etc. You could completely throw someone off by dressing as a fisherman and fighting using Grass Pokemon. This would force you to keep a well-balanced, powerful team.
One thing that must be implemented is the ability to end a battle for various reasons. For example: in the link-up Gameboy versions, the battle can not continue until both people make moves. If someone you were battling were to just get up and go to lunch during a battle, you'd be screwed. There should be a three minute wait, where, if the other character doesn't choose an attack, the match will be awarded to you. One of my friend's GBCs ran out of batteries during one of our fights. My game decided to not react. I had to save beforehand, but it was still annoying.
-- ShockingAlberto
Post by: JSR on February 17, 2003, 09:44:42 AM
See what I mean? Nintendo could just shape the Pokemon world and let you do whatever you want in it (with some restrictions).
Post by: Chris150 on February 17, 2003, 10:08:20 AM
If the Pokemon GC is another Stadium game i wouldn't be very disapointed... I enjoyed the last 2 stadiums. Forced me to improve my technique alot. But i doubt it would actaully be a stadium.
If there was a pokemon MMORPG..I would want to be a Gym Leader... After I caught every pokemon and raised my team to 100, I thought of how fun it would be for trainers to challenge me to get a badge.
Hmm...That makes me think... In the MMORPG there should be a way to prevent an experianced trainer from battling a newbie trainer. It would be unfair to battle 6 lvl 100 pokemon with your level 5 squirtle. Maybe you start out in a region, and when your pokemon's levels are high enough, you can move on to the next region, but you can't go bakc unless you leave your strong pokemon in the computer. There would be a different computer for each region though. I don't want to get the same feeling of being incredibly weak when compared to another player, like in PSO.
Post by: Caterkiller on February 17, 2003, 10:14:19 AM
That has to be one of the most... There is alot of things wrong with that cartoon, and they don't abuse combos like we do in real life.
Having at least 6 moves with your Pokemon would change the game so much it isn't funny. Theres a reason why there are only 4 attacks per Pokemon in the game. 5 or more attacks, with so many pokemon would leave them way to powerful. It would defenitly ruin the game.
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Post by: RahXephon on February 17, 2003, 12:12:27 PM
I also agree with the job choice. That could make it fun. Like in everquest, purchase a "lot" from nintendo with the ingame money and work towards buying a house. you could just store items there. Also there would need to be a new place to store your extra pokemon, as not everyone "accidentally" saves Bill in the online game. I suppose you could purchase a storage system like a regular item, each one holding a limited amount of pokemon. These "containers" could be only pluged in at the pokemon centers, and at your house if you purchase one.
VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE HOUSES ARE NOT CHEAP. They should be like a holy grail in the game. Trainers with houses are the ones who are given respect. And since Nintendo needs to approve it, there will be less chance of cheaters.
I f anyone has the NOA e-mail address, send them this link to these pages with a PLEASE READ THESE THIS IS WHAT YOUR FANS WANT.
Post by: RahXephon on February 17, 2003, 12:15:58 PM
Post by: slide24 on February 17, 2003, 02:07:50 PM
- The game should be a massively-multiplayer online RPG. A person would create their trainer by choosing a name, and customizing the clothes, face, body type, etc. Upon starting the game, you would be put into a huge world (much like Everquest I suppose) where you can travel to different towns and battle trainers there. Players could choose to be a trainer, or perhaps they could be a Pokemon doctor and open a hospital, etc, etc. There could be many professions that fit in the world of Pokemon that a player could choose. There would have to be some kind of currency, so players can purchase things. Players should also be allowed to form "clans".
- Towns should be set up like this: a group of players pool together their money to buy pre-designated "town sites" where a town can be built. There would be small, medium, and large town sites, each larger one naturally costing more money. They could then allow people to build shops, hotels, hospitals, training gyms, etc. at their discretion. The town's owner(s) would have to know a person to let them build in the town, assuring that pranksters don't run amok and also building a better sense of community. The town's owner(s) would have other similar powers, such as being able to ban an unruly player from their town.
- The towns would be allowed to have certain types of buildings according to how large of a town site they're on. The "small" towns could only have some houses, a hospital, etc., while a "large" town could have taller buildings, a stadium, etc. The towns with stadiums could advertise and hold periodical Pokemon tournaments that players could travel to participate in. Each town would be required to have a message board that messages from all towns are displayed on so that no matter where a player is currently at, he can see where tournaments are being held, when a new town is established, who won the latest tournament, etc etc. A private messaging system between players would be great also so you can meet up with friends. Also, a system would have to be in place so people could show their trophies, Pokemon, etc. to friends.
- When traveling across the countryside from town to town, random battles can occur if you want them to. It should be an option in the menu as to whether or not you want random battles. I think the turn-based battle system should stay, because that's really what makes the game Pokemon, but I'm not completely decided on this subject yet. A real-time battle system would have its advantages, such as a Zelda-style fighting setup. Keeping on the same road here and assuming that the game did have real-time battles, you should be able to accumulate a set number of attacks and assign which four or five you want to use to specific buttons. You would not be permitted to change this during your battles, so you would have to choose carefully.
- Nintendo could even set up some Nintendo-sponsored events such as a "Pikmin II Pokemon Tournament". They would pay a town a certain fee (in game currency, obviously) to use their stadium for the tournament, so it would encourage people to keep their towns nice and to make them attractive. Keeping the example of a "Pikmin II Pokemon Tournament", a Pikmin trophy would be given out, assuring that a huge amount of players show up to duel for the prize. Taking advantage of this, Nintendo could stream ads onto billboards in the stadium for new games, products, or whatever, and they would been seen by a large number of people. It seems like quite the marketing scheme to me.
I believe that taking the Pokemon formula and applying it to a MMORPG is a great idea. It would satisfy Pokemon fans, MMORPG fans, and people who just want an online game from Nintendo. I do not like Pokemon at all, but I would be very interested in something like this. What do you guys think?
Post by: Pixel411 on February 17, 2003, 02:51:01 PM
I don't know if this idea could work or not, but it would be interesting.
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Post by: gcnfreak on May 05, 2003, 03:45:38 PM
The new POKeMON game for Game Cube should definately not be another POKeMON Stadium. I wish Nintendo would make a POKeMON game with online capatability and a offline version. It would have to work with both the modem and broadband adapter. I don't think Nintendo really needs to charge money for a subscription to an online account. I mean, Nintendo has enough money already. I think you should be able to make your character. Chose from a boy or girl with hundereds of different faces. I think you should be able to chose everything about your character all the way down to the blood type. It would be cool to have a microphone attached to the controller so you can bring up a chat menu whenever you press Z. Then you'd use the D-pad to select whoever you want to talk to. You'd have to be close to them to talk (as in real life). You would be able to make your own POKeBALLS with a machine and sell them at POKeMARTS, to your friends, or anyone! At POKeMARTS you should be able to buy new clothes.I think it should also have a message board you can get to using your Game Cube. I think it should be monitored though. The PSO message boards were not much of a success. It should have a lobby you can go to like in PSO. But the game should not make you go to it every time you connect. Things you could do in the lobby are download things, and chat. The game should take you to the last place you saved (I think you should be able to save anywhere). I think you should be able to set up camp and camp with a friend too. The game should have an email system that lets you email trainers whenever you want even if they aren't online as long as you have their trainer card (a trainer card would be like a guild card in PSO). That way if you friend isn't online, but you still want to keep in touch, than he/she can still get your message.
It would be 3D and cel shaded of course. I think you would be able to battle in real-time and not that boring RPG stuff (meaning it would have Zelda type controls). The POKeMON game would have to have multiple legendary POKeMON. That way everyone can have one. That would be hard to do. Maybe they could take the legendary POKeMON out. That would be good. It would be easy to introduce new POKeMON to the server. Also, you should be able to download different types of POKeBALLS. The game could come with some sort of face scanner that would put the shape of your face in the game. It would not have any of the details such as eye color or hair though.
If you have any cool ideas about the game that I didn't mention, please email me: CLICK HERE I'd like to hear your ideas. Please don't email me if it's not about POKeMON for GCN. Sorry this post was so long.
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 05, 2003, 04:23:45 PM
http://nintendonow.com/news/1181.html
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Post by: Don'tHate742 on May 05, 2003, 08:03:30 PM
Also for the regular RPG there should be complete custimization, and you should be able to have a friend join and have a 2 on 2 battle coop style or counter op.
Post by: Bill Aurion on May 06, 2003, 08:26:23 AM
)...Having a sort of co-op for a tourney would be plausible but I am not sure how a full game co-op would work...Genius make us happy!
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Post by: BoB007 on May 08, 2003, 09:11:41 AM
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Originally posted by: Caterkiller
That has to be one of the most... There is alot of things wrong with that cartoon, and they don't abuse combos like we do in real life.
Having at least 6 moves with your Pokemon would change the game so much it isn't funny. Theres a reason why there are only 4 attacks per Pokemon in the game. 5 or more attacks, with so many pokemon would leave them way to powerful. It would defenitly ruin the game.
Excuse me ? I wasnt implying that they make it able for each pokemon to have 896809606097 moves. Maybe 6-8 total. And NO it really wont ruin the game. It may just add a little spice to it. By the way, why dont you finish that sentence. I think you were about to make fun of my post.
Post by: Don'tHate742 on May 08, 2003, 12:08:59 PM
I think Nintendo will decide to have as a normal RPG with multiplayer/online battling, becuase like they said before, online isn't profitable right now. I agree also, plus I don't want to pay for a Pokemon RPG online (you always have to pay for MMORPG) subscription, I just want to come home with my game and play some good Nintendo RPG. Friends should be able to bring there memory card and battle (this should be a given) and there should be LAN battles 2 on 2 (3 on 3 maybe?), on seperate TVs so strategies can be known only to your team member.
