A completely ridiculus, yet awesome idea...

[Typhlosion In Repose]

Ok, roll with it. I know that Nintendo would never do it.

There should be a major reform in the breeding departmernt. You should be able to obtain different colored pokemon through breeding. Sure this might render shiny pokemon useless, but think about it. You would be able to obtain every pokemon in nearly every color (save unbreedables and legendaries.)

For example, the ever popular HSOWA thingy. You'd either get a blue skitty or a pink wailmer. You could breed the blue skitty with a pikachu to get a blue pichu. And so on.

Sigh, pipe dreams. Anyone else have any completely ridiculus ideas that would nonetheless be awesome, although would never happen?

 

[Eversti]

What about a reversed Pokemon game, so instead of playing the hero, you're a member of the region's evil team?

 

[The Pig King]

What about a Pokemon fighting game like Smash Brothers? An actual action Pokemon fighting game, in which you take control of the Pokemon and battle other Pokemon in more Anime-ish battles.

 

[Antique Ditto]

I'd like to see cross-breed pokemon as well. They wouldn't have their own entry in the pokedex because of them being mix-breeds, and they would have move sets that their parents couldn't have. I have no clue why Nintendo didn't implement this into the game; it would have been more realistic than the baby just being the mother's species.

 

[llxwarbirdxll]

I'm wishing for a Pokemon MMORPG, but with the way that they keep adding in new Pokes every other year, I doubt that it's a possibility.

 

[Altoeevees]

I always wanted where instead of a pokemon trainer, It's Human trainers! Like a pikachu sends out ash, while a Slaking sends out Norman.

 

[phantomness]

Oh, I definitely vote for the 'be a member of the evil team' game! That would be *fun*! Mix-breed pokemon and alternative colors would rock too...

 

[Turtle Tamer Kammy]

The breeding thing would sell very well.

 

[Erufuun]

Back in '03 I wanted a mix of Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto. You could travel through all these regions and obtain 24 badges.

 

[SailorClef]

I'd like to see cross-breed pokemon as well. They wouldn't have their own entry in the pokedex because of them being mix-breeds, and they would have move sets that their parents couldn't have. I have no clue why Nintendo didn't implement this into the game; it would have been more realistic than the baby just being the mother's species.

Nintendo didn't because Nintendo doesn't make the games 8D;

but anyway, they already have to make sprites for every Pokemon..with animations..shiny versions..and gender differences..and it's pretty obvious that they already have to cut corners with the sprites and animations.

Do you really think they'd have time to make different sprites for every possible cross-breed? If they took the time to do that, the whole game would just be a daycare D:

 

[XD375]

They'd only need one sprite...only the palette would be different which wouldn't take up much space, if not anymore than it does now.

 

[NeonFire]

I'm wishing for a Pokemon MMORPG, but with the way that they keep adding in new Pokes every other year, I doubt that it's a possibility.

That would be interesting but I too doubt it'll ever happen.

 

[Magma Krystal]

wheeeee, the joining evil teams game would sure be a hit seller for old time fans. THEY SHOULD DO IT!! GA! does anyone know a way that you can contact gamefreak? we could write ideas and get people here, on seribii, and other places to support it! IT WOULD BE SO FREAKIN AWESOME!!

 

[Antique Ditto]

Nintendo didn't because Nintendo doesn't make the games 8D;

but anyway, they already have to make sprites for every Pokemon..with animations..shiny versions..and gender differences..and it's pretty obvious that they already have to cut corners with the sprites and animations.

Do you really think they'd have time to make different sprites for every possible cross-breed? If they took the time to do that, the whole game would just be a daycare D:

They have all the time they want. And I did mention that they would not be included in the Pokedex, which would save a lot of space game-wise. But really, it's surprising how much you can put in a little cartridge or disc these days.

And of course added breeding features wouldn't make the game just a day-care.

 

[DalekMan]

Do you really think they'd have time to make different sprites for every possible cross-breed? If they took the time to do that, the whole game would just be a daycare D:

I'm more worried about the headaches it would give the fiction producers. ^^; The whole cross-breeding thing was no problem for anime based on the Monster Rancher series, but that's because there were strict limits to what monsters could be fused with what other monsters, and most different breeds were part of a group that shared the same body structure. Pokemon just has too many creatures for a similar cross-breeding scheme to work.

I think Jade Cocoon, in theory, had the most freedom of monster customizing in that regards- you had all sorts of fusions possible and one creature could easily display traits from three or more different 'ancestor' creatures, to some extent or another. Sadly, the monsters in the first game (I haven't played Jade Cocoon 2) weren't much fun to work with, and the results seemed to get uglier the more I combined them.

 

[Lamia]

I'd like to see cross-breed pokemon as well. They wouldn't have their own entry in the pokedex because of them being mix-breeds, and they would have move sets that their parents couldn't have. I have no clue why Nintendo didn't implement this into the game; it would have been more realistic than the baby just being the mother's species.

because its rediculous, 498x498-498=247506 different sprites they have to make not to mention animations!

 

[DalekMan]

because its rediculous, 498x498-498=247506 different sprites they have to make not to mention animations!

Yeah, in the 2D games it's impossible entirely. For 3D ones it might be possible in theory. But finding a way to have a COMPUTER automatically generate the various possibilities without the results looking uglier and uglier with each combination? THAT part is what's most likely impossible. =P

 

[Yamato-san]

Yeah, in the 2D games it's impossible entirely. For 3D ones it might be possible in theory. But finding a way to have a COMPUTER automatically generate the various possibilities without the results looking uglier and uglier with each combination? THAT part is what's most likely impossible. =P

tell me about it.... anyone hear of the game Jade Cocoon? Those things start to look ugly as fuck after so much mixing. It's an interesting concept, but I'm personally better off playing with pre-established monster characters with pre-established designs, sprites, etc. (which is one reason I think Jade Cocoon 2 fucking pwns its predecessor ^^.... more people need to play this game -_-).

EDIT: Oh.... seems DalekMan already covered the JC reference. How'd I miss that? ^^'

 

[DalekMan]

Back to things they ought to do with the breeding system, though, I still think they should set it up so that the born Pokemon's species isn't limited to that of the mother's... otherwise, all the male-only Pokemon should logically be extinct.

There's probably been others to say something like this, but I say that, for example, if an egg is produced by a Hitmonchan and a mother whose species has both genders, and the child turns out male, there should be a 50/50 chance of the child being a Tyrogue, with the same rule applying if the child is female and the daughter of a Chansey. If both parents are one-gender species, though, the child's species should be determined solely by gender.

And while at it, why not overhaul how certain Pokemon evolve to be more consistent with some of the 'dex descriptions? Make it so that when you evolve Mantyke into Mantine, the Remoraid in your party used to trigger the evolution disappears forever (to reflect it now being bonded symbiotically to Mantine), but in return gives some of its moves and all of its effort values to the resulting Mantine. Change Slowpoke's evolution method so that it evolves as a direct result of battling a wild Shellder, depending on them both using specific moves during the same round- if Slowpoke uses Tail Whip in the same turn that Shellder uses Clamp, without either Pokemon being KO'd, the battle automatically ends and triggers an evolution into Slowbro, and if Slowpoke used Headbutt instead of Tail Whip, the evolution is into Slowking instead. (This, of course, would require adding Tail Whip to Slowpoke's arsenal. I also think the move should be immediately and automatically deleted upon evolution and replaced with a random move from the Shellder used for the evolution.) And make it so that Magneton and Wheezing can evolve in either the old-fashioned way (to keep it consistent with the anime) or by having the prerequisite number of Magnemites or Koffings permanently fuse, with the latter having the advantage (for Wheezings at least) of the resulting Wheezing learning the egg moves of the two constituent Koffings (allowing for movesets that are normally more difficult to obtain through breeding.).

Ah, at least we can dream...

 

[deuxhero]

I'd like to see a game focusing on breeding and competitive battling, but like most ideas in the topic, it will never happen