Kallyle
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Okay, if you haven't heard about it, Masuda's recent interview explains that the reason that they didn't add the Battle Frontier in ORAS is because they thought too many people would get bored with it, and not enough people would enjoy it. Why? Because he doesn't think that people have time for video games are are just going to go back to smartphones if the game is too hard! This isn't just about the Battle Frontier that I'm concerned about, but rather the Pokémon series as a whole!
However, I think the real reason why Masuda is doing this to the series is that the fact that less and less parents are willing to buy their kids a 3DS in favor of giving them smartphones. Basically, I don't think Masuda knows the difference between what kind of entertainment a mobile app provides vs. an RPG. The more parents buy choose smartphones over gaming consoles and handhelds for their kids, the more console companies are going to try and streamline console gaming. It's sad, but true. I think the stress of this is getting to Game Freak, and it's slowly but surely leaking into Pokémon: their flagship franchise. It's also their ONLY current franchise, which means if the pressure gets to them and ruins Pokémon, then Game Freak ends up ruining themselves.
My personal advice to them would be this:
"Until you understand that the audience of smartphone games are not--and never will be--your main audience that you've been entertaining, then maybe you should take a little break from Pokémon. Develop some apps if you think that more people will play that than your current games. Maybe try remaking Quinty/Mendel's Palace, or even expand on that horse-racing solitaire hybrid game and sell it internationally."
Of course this option doesn't mean that Game Freak will completely abandon the franchise, just that it'll be put on temporary hiatus. Besides, if that's what it takes for Game Freak to pull themselves back together, then I'd gladly wait a few years before anything regarding Pokémon comes out. If it means we get a decent balance of difficulty and post-game content once they get all the "we can't compete with mobile apps" out of their system, then maybe Game Freak taking a break from Pokémon wouldn't be such a bad idea. After all, if they keep up with what they're doing now with an international release every year, then the quality of their series will continue to diminish.
Besides, maybe having Game Freak go in another direction would turn out to be a good thing! Even if they didn't go back to Pokémon, then maybe they'll create other games that would be even better!
However, I'd like to know your thoughts on this opinion. Do you think that Game Freak should take a break from Pokémon till the get the "we're losing customers to smartphone games" out of their system, or do you think they should just stick to Pokémon and get out of that mentality immediately? And if they do take a break from the franchise, then what kind of applications/other games would you like to see Game Freak make?
Discuss!
However, I think the real reason why Masuda is doing this to the series is that the fact that less and less parents are willing to buy their kids a 3DS in favor of giving them smartphones. Basically, I don't think Masuda knows the difference between what kind of entertainment a mobile app provides vs. an RPG. The more parents buy choose smartphones over gaming consoles and handhelds for their kids, the more console companies are going to try and streamline console gaming. It's sad, but true. I think the stress of this is getting to Game Freak, and it's slowly but surely leaking into Pokémon: their flagship franchise. It's also their ONLY current franchise, which means if the pressure gets to them and ruins Pokémon, then Game Freak ends up ruining themselves.
My personal advice to them would be this:
"Until you understand that the audience of smartphone games are not--and never will be--your main audience that you've been entertaining, then maybe you should take a little break from Pokémon. Develop some apps if you think that more people will play that than your current games. Maybe try remaking Quinty/Mendel's Palace, or even expand on that horse-racing solitaire hybrid game and sell it internationally."
Of course this option doesn't mean that Game Freak will completely abandon the franchise, just that it'll be put on temporary hiatus. Besides, if that's what it takes for Game Freak to pull themselves back together, then I'd gladly wait a few years before anything regarding Pokémon comes out. If it means we get a decent balance of difficulty and post-game content once they get all the "we can't compete with mobile apps" out of their system, then maybe Game Freak taking a break from Pokémon wouldn't be such a bad idea. After all, if they keep up with what they're doing now with an international release every year, then the quality of their series will continue to diminish.
Besides, maybe having Game Freak go in another direction would turn out to be a good thing! Even if they didn't go back to Pokémon, then maybe they'll create other games that would be even better!
However, I'd like to know your thoughts on this opinion. Do you think that Game Freak should take a break from Pokémon till the get the "we're losing customers to smartphone games" out of their system, or do you think they should just stick to Pokémon and get out of that mentality immediately? And if they do take a break from the franchise, then what kind of applications/other games would you like to see Game Freak make?
Discuss!
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