Perhaps realizing the success of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Game Freak developers Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori (known for having a hand in creating the Pokemon games) have stated in an interview that an open world Pokemon game could very well be a possibility, a trend that would no doubt be welcomed with open arms by Pokemon fans.
The key issue with creating such a Pokemon game would apparently be somehow marrying Pokemon’s gameplay mechanics with an open world environment, according to Masuda; though he has mentioned that an open world title would really be more fitting to games where players “fight enemies with a sword”.
The specific part of the interview:
Whether or not such a game will be soon in development has not been alluded to, though there’s little doubt that an open world Pokemon would not be popular – considering many fans have been yearning for a Pokemon MMO for years, and the success of the “open world” Pokemon Go, its creation seems a likely endeavor.
How about a Pokemon MMO instead?
Would play, if on PC
Isn’t it aready an open world? I at least consider it as such
Open world games don’t hold your hand every step of the way.
BotW is open world, Pokémon is not.
It was far more open in Gen 1 and 2 and definitely should return to being as much but it’s definitely not now.
That is NOT the definition of open world
how has pokemon not always been open world?
Because it’s linear. Open world games are not linear garbage that forces you to do things in order.
Gen 1 and 2 are fairly open as you get to do half the gyms or more out of order and the story has little to do with them but the rest are not. You HAVE to do them in a certain order and that is not open.
Gen 1 you have to do the first 3 in order. Finish Koga’s gym to surf to Cinnabar and fight Blane. And that’s really it.
Gen 2, they have characters or objects that block your progress if you’re doing it out of order.
I loved doing the Gym Leaders out of order in Generation II.
In Generation II, once you get to Olivine City (after beating Eckruteak City’s Morty, Gym Leader #4) you can get the HM for Surf and then just completely ignore Jasmine and Chuck (the sixth and fifth Gym Leaders, respectively) and go fight Pryce instead.
Granted, you can only fight Jasmine after you go to Cianwood City (where Chuck is) and get the Medicine for her sick Ampharos, but unless you REALLY want to Fly, you don’t have to fight Chuck before you fight her.
The only reward you get from Chuck — or, more accurately, from Chuck’s wife who’s hanging around outside the Gym — is the Fly HM, which DOES save time when you’re going between towns…
I haven’t yet tried to see if I can get to Claire without beating Chuck, Jasmine, and Pryce first, though. I don’t think it’s possible; I think you have to have seven Gym Badges before you can beat her.
what are you talking about?
any open world game that has a story is linear.
are you saying the assassins creed games aren’t open world?
that GTA isn’t open world?
they all force you to do specific things to advance to the next part.
If its going to be Open World get it away from the damn 3DS
You’re behind the times, eh? Because of the complaints of US/UM only being for 3DS and not seemingly having a port they announced at E3 that they were already working on a “core series RPG title” for the Switch. Core series is their wording for what players tend to call main series (the series which includes Red, Gold, X, Sun, and Moon, for example) and it’s being made by Game Freak who ONLY makes those games so it’s definitely where Gen 8 is headed for.
Furthermore, their Q2 earnings report included future games and it’s listed as possibly releasing next year though you have “experts” like Joe the retard Merrick saying it will definitely be 2019 and people quoting him as if he’s perfect despite all the errors on his site.
Though I would also note, there has been a supposed leak that got several things right which says there were supposed to be a pair and a single coming as a follow up for Gen 7 – one for 3DS the other for Switch though they weren’t sure which was which. Gave us the pair names that have since been announced and they gave and a method for connection which has since been announced for use in another game weeks before the announcement of either.
The dates this supposed leaker gave were off but sometimes they change.
And it’s not like it would be weird for them to keep it under wraps for now. Pokkén DX releases in September. Waiting until October to announce a port would make perfect sense if they don’t want to f♥♥k Pokkén over.
And they clearly don’t. There’s a reason the direct only gave us 20 seconds of US/UM after over 2 minutes of Pokkén DX and has since been followed by almost complete radio silence on US/UM when they’ve been blabber mouths about the last 6 games.
But I digress, if it’s to be open world is to be seen but Gen 8 and one is already known to be on the Switch.