Back in March, Junichi Masuda, the series director of Pokemon, was asked if they would consider turning Pokemon into an MMO.

This was their response:

“At this point, we’re not thinking of going in that direction. Trading is a core concept of Pokémon. So when you’re trading, you meet with a friend and decide which one you want and which one they want. I would like to emphasize real-world communication. You don’t see each other online.”

Sure, that was seven months ago, and they could have changed their minds by now, but lets all just admit that they haven’t. You’ll have to excuse my complete unwillingness to accept this excuse they have given, and I intend on ripping it to pieces.

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As a new writer here on Infendo, one thing I wanted to write on was game ideas that Nintendo COULD do. Lets face it, the potential of Nintendo’s vast array of franchises is near limitless, yet they seem to be limited at times to what will sell to their new-found casual market. Also, I want to clarify that this is not a hardened, perfected concept of gameplay, storyline, controls, mechanics, soundtrack, pixel coloration, voice overs, etc etc etc. This is simply ideas of what could be done with Nintendo’s wonderful characters (some of which have been horribly underused).

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