[Pokemon] Sugimori wants 7th Gen to be simple(r)

• Compass wrote on 2013-11-08 05:18

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  It hasn’t even been a month since the release of Pokémon X and Y, and art director Ken Sugimori is already thinking of the next generation of the series. In a recent feature interview in “We Love Pokémon” magazine, he talks about the idea of going back to simpler roots for the next generation of Pokémon games.
  
  After being asked how he’d like to work on the next Pokémon title, Sugimori answers that rather than adding a lot and making it more complex, he’d rather go back to simpler ways, while having elements similar to what was offered in Pokémon Red and Green (Pokémon Blue outside Japan) to see how it would turn out.
  
  Sugimori mentions that just because he feels that way, it doesn’t necessarily mean that Pokémon’s seventh generation will be going that way; however, he adds, the idea of going back to a simpler form still remains a possibility.
  
  

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  In addition to the vast number of Pokémon we now have, together with their attacks, abilities and items, Sugimori feels that we won’t be able to decrease the number of Pokémon, but it might be in the series’ best interests to make a large adjustment to the number of attacks, abilities and items. This is also something he’s heard from Pokémon fans, he reveals.
  
  Additionally, Sugimori is thinking about how simplifying the designs used for the Pokémon outside of the game, such as the ones seen in other forms of media, just to experiment and see what the reaction would be like.
  
  Finally, now that Pokémon X and Y is out, Sugimori is asked the age-old question of who his favorite Pokémon is. After all these years, his favorite is still Gengar, which he known for being fond of because it doesn’t require many lines and is easy to draw. For this same reason, his least favorite is none other than Venusaur.
  
  

  
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  If 7th gens turns out to be simple that'd be great.
  I don't want dumb things like mega evolutions to happen again
• Cucurbita wrote on 2013-11-08 05:21
  So eventually we'll be at 30th gen with like 9000 pokemon, and finishing the national dex, let alone just knowing about all the pokemon, will become progressively harder.
  
  Some food for thought.
• Kurayami wrote on 2013-11-08 05:55
  Well this is good at least, he wants to take risks and actually innovate than release the same game again.
• Space Pirate Nithiel wrote on 2013-11-08 06:29
  I like the idea of it being simpler. It's gotten way too complicated with all this competitive battling shit with the IVs and EVs and whatever else.
• Adrianblade wrote on 2013-11-08 15:58

  Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1167388:

  I like the idea of it being simpler. It's gotten way too complicated with all this competitive battling shit with the IVs and EVs and whatever else.

  
  
  But you dont have to worry about that if you dont want to. Hell X and Y made that simpler and easier with super training and horde battles.
• SlurpTASTY wrote on 2013-11-08 17:27

  Quote from Space Pirate Nithiel;1167388:

  I like the idea of it being simpler. It's gotten way too complicated with all this competitive battling shit with the IVs and EVs and whatever else.

  
  
  It's always been there though, and that's only for competitive play anyhow.
  
  I think competitive play will be left alone as Gamefreak seems to be trying to centralize it more (with game sync and all) and he's talking about things that a casual player night encounter through their first or second playthrough. I though X/Y had it just right though, the story was really fun and 30 hours for a pokemon story and all of it being interesting is crazy awesome (not counting spin-offs).
• Chockeh wrote on 2013-11-08 23:36
  In its essence, Pokemon is still the same game it was years ago. I rather have them innovate in a groundbreaking way.
• Zeo wrote on 2013-11-10 03:49
  I like the idea of trying to make Pokemon simpler for 7th gen...
  
  But I'm also scared to see what the developers would think of, when trying to simplify the game.
• RicochetOrange wrote on 2013-11-10 04:35

  Quote from Zeo;1167945:

  I like the idea of trying to make Pokemon simpler for 7th gen...
  
  But I'm also scared to see what the developers would think of, when trying to simplify the game.

  
  
  "Ok, lets not add in any extra features. So no contests or Pokemon Amie, or trainer customization. Just have piles and piles of repeat battles on short routes, with our new simpler battle system that only has HP, Attack, Defense, and Speed. No Special Stats."