10 CRAZY Mechanics Pokémon Games Should Include!

[@HoopsandHipHop]

Thanks for watching! Which crazy mechanic would you like to see in a future game?

[@Chaserbeastofblades]

I think we should make Gym battles in game more like the anime. Like you can only use so many Pokémon to battle the Gym Leader. How it would work is you'd have to select what Pokémon you are going to use right before you battle.

[@HoopsandHipHop]

@@Chaserbeastofblades that would be cool!

[@thunderboargames8369]

Maybe you should put your ideas to your own creature hunting game.

[@Lylizabeth]

Customize Pokémon more, like add a sleeping hat to your snorlax or something

[@BlatantFarmer]

Jimmy from the garage down the road is the craziest mechanic I know... Not sure where he'd fit into the world of Pokémon though.

[@Pseudomonis]

This is all I want: The next time I get offered to join an Evil Team(Ex: Team rocket grunt, on Nugget Bridge), to be able to say "yes", and ACTUALLY join them.

[@wasayqureshi34]

Never going to happen. But some really well made rom hacks let you play as a member of the evil team.

[@weisstofall2615]

Go for the romhacks, this won't happen XD. Pokemon is too child-oriented to be something that actually pushes through being evil

[@grydon6422]

Funnily enough, them having these fake choices in the game opens up possibilities for the multiverse, where they could bring for example Red from another verse that is evil, and did answer Yes to that question and join Team Rocket. Would be cool

[@BriskWitDaBars]

Knowing pokemon they'll let you say yes then have the other member from the evil team that asked you to join say something like "you were suppose to say no nobody ever says yes....how about a battle?" 😂

[@Rabdom50]

They legit COULD have done this with Skull or Star, given how their story arc ends 😂 Like I wouldn't mind helping my boy Guzma causing some controversy

[@NightFuryLover31]

I would love a game where we could play through for Pokemon Contests. Not just as an on the side thing, but it being the goal. Being able to perform like in the anime just sounds so fun.

[@Ninja1Ninja2]

play as a team rocket member whos secret passion is concerts and has to balance a double life of crime and fashion

[@rockowlgamer631]

I'd play it, would be nice to be more than just a pokemon trainer.

[@gameraz1990]

I like it. I don't like contests in general, but I like the idea of taking a mini-game and making it a full-blown game on its own. If Witcher could do it with Gwent, then surely Pokemon can do it with Contests. Or Pokeathlon, or heck, even the movies from B2W2 :D

[@rafethomas9126]

Imagine a game where you are sent to a new, undiscovered region where you have to study each new Pokémon. Like, it has research quests like the PLA pokedex, and you study from afar with Snap. mechanics.

[@toumabyakuya]

Eh, sounds boring. The PLA Pokedex missions were boring because of how repetitive they were. I would gladly prefer if it had way less missions but all of them were truly unique and personalized for the Pokemon in specific.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

Probably a spinoff game because that would boring as a mainline game

[@Rabdom50]

I'd love a game where you could actually choose your class. Like yeah, still have main story based things as well as the option to do other things even if you're not the "right" class (ex. Being a Pokemon Coordinator who can still challenge the gyms but you get to focus mainly om contests to progress the story). Each class could have minor buffs (trainer's Pokemon gaining more exp, breeders have their eggs hatch faster, coodinators getting buffs from contests, etc) so it'd actually make the choice more difficult; there could even be special clothing items that you could only buy as a specific trainer class. Granted, I don't think being a part of an evil team would be possible as, from the sounds of my own idea, there'd probably be a separate storyline for them that they might not be to fit in the whole game due to size limitations. But it'd still be cool.

[@StykzMasterGX]

bro this ain't baldurs gate, it's pokemon, we not doing classes

[@TheBloperM]

My personal dream mechanic is to allow mid-battle level ups. Could make for crazy battles. Imagine a pokemon having a hard time in a battle but suddenly it levels up and learns a move that makes it make a comeback.

[@SilverSonic72]

Add mid-battle evolutions possible by these level-ups and I'd be sold. You can do that in PokeRogue, but that's something that uses competitive play battles exclusively. I want an adventure and I'm not a competitive battling type of person.

[@TheBloperM]

@@SilverSonic72 yeahh exactly! I can even imagine the xp gain changes to make this possible. Have everything that happens in a battle give experience. You were hurt by an attack? You hit an opponent(s)? You are given the damage in xp. You dodged an attack? Be given your opponents speed stat as experience. It would make xp gaining very complicated but worth it. I honestly would make a fan-game for that but I have zero time to learn how to do that

[@CasuallyShadow]

​@@SilverSonic72 Came to say the same thing, Pokerogue does this

[@TickedOffPriest]

I created a concept a while back where Pokemon would fuse together. For example a Typhlosion could fuse with Lapras. As a result, Lapras would gain the fire type and give off a red glow. However, if Lapras is knocked out, so is Typhlosion. Futhermore if certain Pokemon fused, it would have some of their traits in addition to the flow.

[@charlestownsend9280]

When it comes to every region. I had an idea of a time travel pokemon game, where you visit various areas of different regions as you travel through time. The maim villains could be something like rainbow rocket, with this being their plan after the events of USUM.

[@Tyler-q3k]

I know! Rainbow rocket is such an underrated concept! Maybe the player could be freinds with Celibi or something like that. (=

[@SpacialRend7]

I actually like the concept of Pokémon fusion. We’ve already had some that have been given that treatment such as Kyurem, Necrozma, even the Galar Fossils. I’ve seen many fans go to town with this concept and still do, and many of them look great. So, for the developers to dive deeper into that idea for a new Pokémon would be very fun and refreshing.

[@evelinepotter4551]

The Version of "Fusion" you mention remind me of "Hybrid Breeding" from some games I know. And it would be awesome

[@Lilystudios27]

I also want pokemon to have a cross breed mechanic just like dragon quest or monster rancher (yugioh has a fusion summon method, bakugan has a fusion mechanic in the 2nd reboot but why not pokemon?!)

[@judaiyuki5597]

that awesome legendary feature you were talking about where nobody knows what it is could be a really interesting idea and i have a suggestion on how we could build upon that the legendary would be an early game static encounter where we can catch the legendary but its current state would be weak like cosmog (but able to battle with) and it would evolve into a full legendary near the mid point of the game with a special item you have to use like a new evolution stone unique to that pokemon

[@blazedj]

4:47 For the alternate endings idea, I think that they were more on the right track with Scarlet and Violet, but they just need to make it where your choice actually matters because you’d have to commit to it for the rest of the game. To me, that’s always been where Pokémon has been lacking. We’re only ever presented with the illusion of choice, rather than them actually being things that would have a greater effect on something important within the game

[@shadowhell8378]

A fusion mechanic has the best chance as there's already a pokemon fusion game. So for it to work, it would have to be temporary like you fuse 1 mon in battle with 1 in your party gaining a type from each, its new ability would be one of the abilities of the fusion mons, and stats would be 3 from one and 3 from the other with hp coming from the mon in battle. This can play into a black/white 3 or legends games as the evil team is trying to force 3 way fusions to form the original dragon.

[@Tyler-q3k]

A fusion of Luxray and Incineroar would look incredible!

[@tacobowler]

In Pokémon stadium you had a mode where there was an 8 trainer tournament; and the other 7 were truly random from a pool much larger than 7, and you faced them in any order as you progressed. It felt like the Pokemon League in the anime (season 1). Ever since, I’ve wanted them to do that for the Elite 4 section in a game. A 32 trainer (so 5 battle) tournament, with a pool of 40-60 other trainers including rivals, gym leaders, the professor, route champions like in Alola, stuff like that. Random selections and then you have to beat whatever 5 you draw. Closest we’ve gotten was Galar, but not only was that broken up by plot, it wasn’t truly random. But I want the real thing.

[@susear5939]

Hey, Hoops. The Pokémon Fire Ash is a fan game that covers the first idea you proposed. The game follows Ash's journey throughout the anime. You start Pallet Town in Kanto, travelling through all the regions while following Ash's story in the anime. Along with the game locations, all anime regions, cities & locations Ash visits are present as well. Incredible but very long game.

[@Tyler-q3k]

I like the idea of re-fighting the gym leaders and bosses as much as you want, PLA had something like that, and it was cool.

[@thomaspaschal2406]

The Monster Rancher games never had any issue with fusing any of its mons. And each fusion is considered a different breed with different stats and abilities. Main reason it works is cause the Rancher games have a small pool of base monsters. Pokemon would have to focus on just a few gimmickmon that could fuse. Like Eevee, Ditto, or Rotom. Examples: Eevee + Dratini breeding = Draceon Ditto breeding gives 15% chance of baby mon being all pink. Rotom fusing with any machine mons temporarily. Or a new gimmick like a symbiote mon. You telling me you all don't want Venom Pikachu??

[@00_enzo]

Crossover Mechanics.... The first thing that came to mind is Mega Evolving Dynamax Rayquaza then using a Z-move based on Dragon Ascent while in Tera Flying. I don't want to calculate the damage roll for that.

[@wolfekupo5651]

just to point out Rayquaza cannot Mega Evolve if it has a Z-Crystal

[@00_enzo]

We're talking about crazy scenarios here. Not actual game mechanics and their interactions.

[@RandomGuy1Billion]

I like the idea of story impacting game play. Take the 3 story model and have 3 gameplay styles: 1. Arceus catching gameplay (Researcher) 2. Standard gym stuff (Leaguer) 3. Arceus combat (Vigilante) Each would impact the other. For example, taking down evil team bases would lead to their imported pokemon to be released into the region. Combat styles would vary between the structure sports fights and fights vs evil team who don't care about those rules.

[@julieta8683]

A Pokémon game where you can travel to every region in existence sounds like a blast to me 😄🤞🏻💕🎮

[@Ninja1Ninja2]

i think its where the series has almost inevitably been heading towards

[@shatteredsentient5321]

They would have to make it like a live service kinda game. Masdive region updates like every 4+ years.

[@WolfPack505-m1s]

Synchro machine battles would be entertaining in Pokémon VGC.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

They would have to make it more like Pokken maybe

[@rmt3589]

That thumbnail is so hecking cute! Who is the artist?

[@HoopsandHipHop]

@@rmt3589 thank you! Her name is @Dees_Nook over on Twitter!

[@michaellane5381]

I think personally i want a combo of 1.(All region), 2.(Multiple Endings), and 4.(2D, to make the game small enough to work) You get to choose your starting region, you then get the normal choice of 3 pokemon, all pokemon start locked to their original region and are unlocked elsewhere if you have been to their home region(including pokemon you never found there) After the second or 3rd gym, you unlock inter-region travel via mediums like the SS Anne, though each region travel mechanic would be different HM's would exist but not require teaching, they would be added to the move pool like gen 9 although the mechanic to do so would be nerfed, each regions mechanics might unlock after you have been there to use within others All evil teams capable of being brought back exist in their home region and once encountered begin "Capers" in all unlocked regions, each "Caper" includes an operation in at least 3 cities(like generation one they visit each town sequentially in a region pursuing their own goals) and these CAN overlap in which case they will actively fight each other sometimes changing entire questlines. you can choose not to challenge them to keep activity chained to one locale, these Capers are what reset if you later choose "NG+" Each region has an elite 4, a new "world federation" unlocks with defeating 16 gym leaders from anywhere, all gyms will now moderate pokemon to face you as indicated occurs in the anime, you can choose your level of challenge after the first fight and it will alter number of pokemon and level within 8-16 preset difficulties to match the ones you use. HM's will unlock depending on badges, a separate contest system or research, but once unlocked will remain so within a save file. Each time you beat an elite 4 you can choose where to start from and get a new starter from that region's proffessor, if you choose NG+ instead of continue only your capers, the proffesor's interactions and villain plotlines reset, your PC will not reset and your team from the victory will be placed in a temporary holding box you must empty before challenging an elite 4 again.

[@michaellane5381]

Shiny pokemon would appear at much better odds but each pokemon would have multiple shiny versions, so you could find a black, purple, gold, or silver gyarados for example. No other games could trade with this 1 but multiplayer, multi-battles, and vs might occur link cables like arceus allow trade evolutions.

[@zivgardos2001]

Imagine this, a team plasma like group that convinces you to give them a pokemon for 'rehabilitation in the wild' in early to mid game but corrupts said pokemon. In the final battle against team evil's boss they uses your pokemon, now fully evolved and with some unique moves that can only be obtained that way as their ace. after team evil's boss's defeat you get the pokemon back but with very low friendship. this will allow you to a- get evolution of hard to evolve pokemons (i.e. trade with items, milotic etc.), b- creates a unique experience for every player, c- some interesting competitive strategies based on the unique moves (maybe corrupted signature moves for selected pokemons like starters and generic moves based on the type) and d- allows the player to set a difficulty level unown will be much weaker than pseudo legendary .

[@jamesheatherly4209]

I would definitely love to see special areas that can only be accessed if you have a pokémon of a certain type on your team(similar to the Elemental gates in the Skylanders)

[@Rose-yx6jq]

5:52 holy crap, I need this to actually happen. I genuinely can see this being an extremely fun game.

[@toumabyakuya]

*A game with every region: The way you explained it is the only way I can see it working. *Crossover mechanics: Interesting idea. *Multiple Endings: This one could work with the game that has all regions that you mentioned above. *Discovering new Pokemon: Cool idea as well. *A 2D game: They could do this with the Let's Go games. *Fusion Pokemon: Bad idea. GF would have to create all the fusions for all the 1084 Pokemon (that would be above a million different results) otherwise the fandom will call GF lazy, however, no Nintendo console would be able to hold a game of this magnitude. *Shiny Pokemon Evolutions: Also a bad idea. Shiny Pokemon are already incredibly hard to find, getting said evolutions would be 10x more annoying than catching a full odds Honey-Tree Munchlax. *3 typed Pokemon: This is also a bad idea. Not only it would be hard for most casuals to understand the new weakness/resistances/Super Effective tables, but this would also make entering the competitive scene a nightmare. *Stealing you Pokemon: Only ways I can see this working is if either the player can recover their Pokemon immediately after or if this mechanic can be turned off. *Official Randomizer: Cool idea that I actually hope gets done prior to all of the above.

[@AznYunHou]

I had a fan game idea where it goes like this in the beginning. Starts similarly to XD Gale Of Darkness, Mid battle seeing two strong Pokemon fight (like Salamence vs Metagross scene) You play as one, not knowing what it'll be like after the battle. Once the battle concludes, you realize it was Champion Battle (similar to Leon vs Lance) You are in the crowd, cheering on the champion. Once the dust settles, your character can move around the area, you can save etc. Then cutscene when you approach the champion, they see you as a young trainer who wants to have a journey. Offers you a choice of starter Pokemon. Once you choose the starter, you head home. However it would reveal your home town represents the starter's type (ie has the gym of that type). So each corner of the map has possible starting town. And your journey will be very different as your first gym could be the other players last gym etc. Would make the open world game feel even cooler.

[@j.a.shawkins7640]

OK, so, like, I LOVE the concept of shiny exclusive evo's: that sounds AMAZING, but also like the worst thing ever. XD So of course, now I want it. XD I also am intrigued by the idea of the evil teams being able to steal a pokemon from you if you lose, but I think you'd need to add the stipulation that you can get it back when you beat them, you know? Like, there's a difference between punishing and completely unfair, I think, and I think that line, in this hypothetical, would be not being able to get that pokemon back. Edit: Ah. Finish listening, dude. Hoops literally says this. XD

[@Tyler-q3k]

I agree, but I don't like the idea of 3 typed pokemon, too complicated, duel types can be confusing enough, especially to new players.

[@j.a.shawkins7640]

@@Tyler-q3k While I disagree, I 1000% see what you mean, and where you're coming from. It would be a lot, especially for old players to learn, too. And probably way too many combinations.

[@christopherdavis1330]

I have some ideas for some of those. 1. Randomized Pokemon Game that, after you the player beats a game you could restart at the beginning of the game and other trainer classes will have a different pokemon each time you restart your game. 2. Is every pokemon that evolved twice will evolved one more time for better survivability.

[@sddreamcrystal]

They could do a 2.5D of Pokémon. I know we kind of had that with Black and White but I mean something more like Octopath type

[@ryanchad8384]

The should start a studio who's sole purpose is to make a pokemon GTA. MMO, all 9 regions, constantly pushing new content, missions to catch rare pokemon etc

[@toumabyakuya]

Not gonna happen. This game couldn't be in a Nintendo console and there's no way Nintendo will let this game be in a PC.

[@JuiceBoi1]

Lawsuit waiting to happen lil bro

[@billmiller5445]

I always felt the Gen 1 Pokédex entry of Dratini reminded me of that concept that “this is a recently discovered pokemon” I imagine Lance was the one who discovered it. Potentially a really nice touch if intended

[@V1P3R819]

I’ve been thinking of a pokemon fusion idea for the longest time. Where I would limit it to pokemon who are already paired like duos. You would also have to have both of them in your party and could fuse for the match like megas. You’ll basically have 5 mons in your party for the stronger Mon fusion.

[@Mystmon]

[1]: This would take too long to develop to be the core game of the generation, if not straight-up unfeasible. [2]: Oh, this would be fun. However, Roaring Moon and Iron Valiant are more or less Mega x Paradox Pokémon themselves lorewise. [3]: This should be in the game to encourage people to play the game multiple times. [4]: I also agree. This would be fantastic. [5]: Like Sonic Mania? If so, this would be great either as a one-off or on occasion. [6]: Here we disagree. This would either result in over a million combinations or not be accessible to all Pokémon (which was one of the major cons of Mega Evolution). [7]: Then said evolutions would not have *both* Regular and Shiny forms, which would break consistency. [8]: I would say that most Pokémon are fine with just two types. Three is a bit overkill. [9]: Dude, imagine how a kid would react if their Shiny Charizard got stolen from them and they thought that it was gone for good. No thanks. [10]: This or a built-in Nuzlocke mode would be a fantastic addition.

[@nickynegron3515]

Upscaling visual quality of older regions to be on par with ScarVi or PLA if you prefer the cel shading would be the most time-consuming of the process of having Number one made a reality. They could even work on it alongside other games to help tip it further and further towards completion while not taking all the time wanted or needed from making another new game. Worst case scenario, in reality, for option one is that Game Freak and Nintendo would have to go all in on a full-blown console system again a la PS5 instead of the semi-handheld system of the Switch to endure the graphical needs. So no, it's not unfeasible, not even impossible. I will agree to the time-consumption lmao

[@gameraz1990]

the 3 types concept can be explored with a new pokemon that's similar to ditto in terms of concept design (not visual design) - a pokemon that has no identity of its own and always try to change itself to suit its needs. The mechanic I had in mind is nothing too crazy (just a mix of existing things): First of all, the pokemon will naturally be Normal/Ghost (normal since it's a "blank slate", and ghost because unless it's copying something else, it's "transparent" to the world) 2nd, the ability is one that adds a type to the pokemon according to a special held item (like Arceus's plates). Nothing else too special (no Judgment type of move to take advantage of it). The purpose of the pokemon will be to be a gimmick, not a well-thought and well-balanced competitive battler.

[@ajstanton7081]

When you talked about visiting every region, all I could think of was Mr. Buddy’s video “What If I Made A Pokémon Game?” In it, the player is a new recruit of the Ultra Recon Squad and travels 5 others alternate versions of regions to capture fallen UBs. Such as a flooded Hoenn, a primal Unova, and a Team Rocket controlled Kanto.

[@gameraz1990]

About the "discover new pokemon" segment: I've been thinking about a rogue-lite kind of game, where it's not an exapnsive RPG with gyms and league and a million items and berries, but more like a condensed, 30 min - 1 hour experience where a brand new pokemon is being selected as the main focus of the run, and you travel the region searching for clues on what it can be. Is it a mammal? A sea dweller? Perhaps an undergound being? Is it nocturnal? Is it.... dangerous? It'll be more of an investigation game than a battle RPG. By the end of the run, your prize will be to send that pokemon to the mainline game of that gen. Ah, there will be a mechanic that makes sure you'll always encounter new mon's every new run, until you exhaust the entire roster. And then it becomes random, maybe with extra challanges like a "speed run" mode, or twisting / limiting some mechanics to see if you can get an answer fast (and you should, because you already saw the entire roster and learnt about each one through the runs).

[@chezmix64]

An idea that I had that I think would be really fun is non static evolution levels. Basically, instead of your starter evolving at level 16 and 36, once it hit, say, level 14, there's like a 1/1000 chance it'll evolve and every level increases that chance just a little bit until around maybe level 25 where if it hasnt evolved yet its guaranteed to evolve there. That would make the experience so much more fun and personalized tho I imagine they'd maybe have to buff the base form stats just a tiny bit to avoid it being really annoying if your starter is super stubborn

[@AkaiAzul]

When doing a game with every region, allow the use of New Game / Continue+. They could do it like Gold/Silver when you can keep playing with your stuff, or have you stash your stuff when you visit a new region, that unlocks you old stuff, when you become that region's champion.

[@Jasgmr]

Multiple save files

[@RaithGyaron]

A Pokemon game with full on character customization instead of choosing a template and going with it.

[@goldmemberpb]

An official randomizer would pretty much destroy Gamefrek's ability to weed out genned mons because every single mon have a specific location they can be caught in. I suppose they could include some other forms of ID.

[@elemomnialpha]

Or just treat it like Mystery Dungeon and don't allow them into the main series

[@Mystmon]

Just make it so that Pokémon that are generated in Randomiser Mode cannot be traded to Normal Mode, and vice versa. That way, Genned Pokémon will be treated the same in Normal Mode as they are now and will be completely redundant in Randomiser.

[@brianoconnor9350]

I would LOVE a new 2D game, couldn’t agree more!

[@scottlemay3386]

Another crazy idea: different shinies.. I'm working on dark shinies, light shinies, alternate shinies, cloned shinies, and pink berry shinies. I think this would be cool. Having a bunch of different pokemon coloration to collect... and pink berries would be a rare berry to find/grow that you feed a regular pokemon that makes it a pink shiny.

[@MirageUchiha]

Perfect timing!

[@o0AnTWaN0o]

This video is an absolute masterclass of ideas ....nintendo and game freak NEED to see this!!

[@icomefromkanto]

Instead of remakes I'd like to see them mix and match regions, imagine a Pokemon Red/Blue 2 set years after the first games, start off in Kanto and then Hoenn is the second region, they could do so much with all the regions they got Would also like the ability to dress Pokemon up and have them stay like that during your gameplay, would just bring uniqueness to our collection, another one I'd like to see but would never happen is we get to customise the colours of our shiny Pokemon, again adding the uniqueness to our Mons and makes everyone's gameplay a little bit more personal Another idea is a Mystery Dungeon style game but in a open world format I know it won't happen but imagine Legends ZA, seeing as we are confined to one city we could play as a Pokemon, imagine runnning up buildings, flying thru open windows etc, exploring a huge ass city thru the eyes of a Pokemon haha

[@furychromthereddeath571]

The moment I saw the thumbnail, I immediately noticed that it was a Family Guy reference to The Noah’s Ark parody moment between Noah, an elephant, and a penguin. Professor Oak: Hey!.. Charizard: Yeah?.. Professor Oak: What the hell is this?!?.. *Points at the Charizard/Lucario hybrid!*. Charizard: Oh, you didn’t give any specific guidelines about mating. Professor Oak: Did you name it?!?.. Charizard: What?.. Professor Oak: Did you name it?!?.. Charizard: Uh yeah, he’s Paul. Professor Oak: Yeah!.. Well, it’s gonna be a hell of a lot harder for you now because he’s going the f%%k overboard!

[@blazedj]

15:38 When it comes to new game plus, I think that the Silver and Gold games, as well as the Blueberry Academy, had the right idea. The Switch games are great too, but I do love the idea of challenging multiple Pokémon Leagues.

[@TheLonelySoulja]

How about breaking up the multiple regional games to being version exclusives. Like 2-3 on one game and a different set on another one.

[@Smartie234]

Maybe a karma system. Where good actions of yours ripple to cause allies to help you during the story climax. And maybe a lot of good karma in the world will allow you to enter people's houses because they aren't scared of being in danger in any way. And a lot of bad karma might give rise to more crime and opens up hideouts throughout the world where you can burst in, battle and take all the items that the small thief-gangs have taken for yourself. Rare/expensive items like TM's and nuggets, exp shares, etc. This will make speedrunning also so much more fun because of all the possibilities.

[@znason302]

I would like to see a new mechanic that revolves around pokemon abilities as if pokemon have a second hidden ability. For example, Charizard having a second hidden ability, (Gale Wings or Own Tempo), or Delphox having a second Hidden ability, (Psychic Surge or Magic Bounce) that can be atainable by either breeding or special training method with a npc you talk to. It's just an opinion I have at the moment so It might or might not happen, but it really would be cool to see in a pokemon game.

[@StansenTyrell]

Going to the first mechanic you said. I've been saying if they made some kind of MMO version of the game they'd have something working for them. The playstyle could take from Legends: Arceus, it'd be able to support all the zones if the file was made big enough, and GO already has nearly the entire dex with a region variants and even some of the mechanics like mega and even dynamax now. It'd be a big project I'm sure, but it's plausible. Even as an MMO, new regions being tacked on from newer games could just be new updates or DLC at that rate.

[@fryguy0563]

I have had an idea that shiny Pokemon can get a new hidden typing/ third typing but I really like the idea of shinies getting its own branch evolution

[@gameraz1990]

Jumping from fusion, if we're allowed to totally dream and not worry about real world issues: Adding Synchro and Xyz from Yugioh to pokemon. Think about it: in a double battle, you can either Synchro to create a pokemon that has a fusion of the types, abilities and stats (best stat of each is selected), or Xyz, to overlay two same typed pokemon into one being (so, fusion) that keeps the same type (dual typed are reduced to the single common type) but adds all the stats together so you can create a massive stated creature that can wreak havoc. Well, there's also regular old Fusion, but that's already been done with PokeFusion, we just need to copy whatever they did in that romhack. Pendulum would be that you can send out every pokemon at once XD Don't get me started on Link... ;)

[@Mario26-v2u]

The mechanic that I wish they include in Z-A is puzzles that you need to solve and require certain Pokemon to complete. Maybe like a more complex version of Relicanth and Wailord on Gen 3 to unlock the 3 Regis.

[@ClefairyFairySnowflake]

It would be cool if they had a tournament with the following mechanics included: 1. Megas 2. Z-moves 3. Terrastalization 4. G-max and D-max 5. Etc Basically, a tournament with the crossover mechanics included. Like Galar, but cooler (no pun intended). And rematches should be allowed! Also, randomizing opponents would also be fun. With a dice roll deciding a character's opponent/ fate. That would be so much fun and exciting! 😊

[@mitchellslaughter2963]

@HoopsandHipHop what if they made a Pokemon game where De-evolution is a thing. This would mean that Pokemon evolution would function more like Digivolving than actual Pokemon evolution, where your mon only evolves temporarilly and then reverts back after the battle, kinda like Mega Evolution, but this is for normal evolution. This would also make branching mons like Eevee more fun to use.

[@HoopsandHipHop]

@@mitchellslaughter2963 that could be interesting!

[@DrTimes99]

A condensed multi region post game would be an interesting concept. So, you beat the champion of Region X and are told, "Hey there are other champions from other regions you can challenge." Then for example you hop on a plane or boat and land in Rustboro City. You can talk to people in the city but no Steven Stone and the only route available is northward. You travel through it encountering local Pokémon and trainers until you discover Steven in Meteor Falls where you challenge him in a Champ Vs Champ fight. Do a similar process for every Regional Champion, only unlocking Kanto and Red after defeating the others. I expect each Champ to have at least one legendary on their teams. It would be the best if you started against Geeta in Paldea, then Leon in Galar, and so on. Then when you beat Lance in Johto he could say. " I can't believe my dragons lost to you (player)! You are now the World Champion! Or you would have been, but you have one more challenge ahead. You have to face another trainer! His name is... RED! He defeated us all before you. He is the real World Champion!"

[@lelandmccurdy129]

Honestly, they should do a de-evolution method. It would allow more brached evolution options. Like devolving Jolteon back to eevee then you can re-evolve it. Ralts, Wormadam, and many others with branched evolution would benefit from this. I know it's similar to digimon, but having two lines you can switch back and forth between would be so much fun. You could use a "time stone" to rewind time back to a certain level before the evolution. I know you'd lose levels but the games are too easy to level up in once you really get going.

[@nickg8100]

The two big feature that Pokémon needs to add are much more desirable and simply. 1. All the main character / us to become a gym leader & design our own gym after we brat the elite 4. 2. Phenotype breeding. Like pokemon fusions is a little to wild. But different looks of pokemon by unique breeding would be sweet. Like shiny light

[@markbuchholz8609]

A new 2D game is the best one you presented in my opinion. All my favorite games are in the 1st 5 generations & it just seems like a no-brainer.

[@tlb31m]

This would all be amazing u hit the ball out of the park with this

[@jedstanaland2897]

A few fan made games with most if not all regions at the time have been made multiple times along side the all gimmicks from all games at the time. The complete pokedex is also a thing that fans have been doing and able to do throughout the series.

[@Lilystudios27]

I like to see a new armor theme battle mechanic, legendary counterpart pokemon which are similar to other legendary pokemon but a different role, and regional variants that can mega evolve

[@AIDreamBeatsMain]

About the bit with all the regions being included… While I understand WHY it would have to be so limited, that wouldn’t stop me from… A: -sobbing because why can no reach Lavender and Pallet Town or Cinnabar- B: -screeching in frustration because where Cherrygrove- C: “BUT I WANNA GET IN THE HOT SPRING!!!” D: “LET ME RUN AROUND THE TREE TOWN DAMMIT”

[@alice.mathieu.thiers1368]

It would be awesome to have a professor that is searching for pokemons that have never been seen before, and to actually discover, measure and try to understand their abilities and then write their pokedex entries as a professor's assistant

[@m2pt5]

There is already a way to have triple-typed pokemon, at least temporarily - Trick-or Treat and Forest's Curse add Ghost or Grass (respectively) to the target's type(s).

[@piggybankvillan]

To kind of piggyback off the Randomizer one, just having multiple new methods of playing would be nice. Randomizer, Easy-Hard modes where you can set the AI/sctructure of your opponent's teams, and incorporate elements of something like a Nuzlocke ruleset. A game editor to some degree like starting with certain Pokemon/items/starting locations, or having a Pokemon Stadium style rental system would be fun. Save files. They could lock it in as a no-trade type thing if they were worried about that. There really isn't much reason to not have these things. People broke the 'integrity' of Pokemon since its first iteration with GameSharks, so having these things is kinda long overdue and are things a majority of the fanbase would like to have, and the ones that don't like it aren't being forced to have it.

[@voidtectonic]

I would like a romance option. Why cant we have another journey with the people we travel with. They kinda did it once, why not actually make it happen again but we have a couple of people to romance if we wanted to

[@CesarR1037]

Yeah that’d be cool. They sort of leaned into that in the indigo disk… sort of kind of. They hinted at characters liking one another, so maybe in the future they’ll lean into it further?

[@CBuiscuit]

I want a hard mode. Outside of the champion in SW/SH and the crater and Team Star's final fight in S/V, there really haven't been any challenges in Pokemon since maybe gen 5. Everything is too easy- especially with exp to all Pokémon when you catch or battle. It would be nice if there was a hard mode with level caps, stronger gym leaders, etc. Pokemon Clover rom hack had a soft level cap of 75 at the Elite 4 (you could get higher but the exp dropped off the table) and the first two fights were ridiculously hard. Which made it fun to actually beat. Also another fun idea in an open region would be to allow players to go after gyms in whatever order they want, while adjusting leaders' teams based off how many badges the player has.

[@tf8327]

Well the discover new Pokemon feature is actually kind of what we got in Scarlet and Violet... We got Koraidon / Miraidon in the beginning and no-one really knew where it came from and we had to find out where it came from and on the way we find some new unknown Pokemon, the Paradox Pokemon. Sounds like this is done. Ok, Arven knew a little about it, but it was still the core of the game to find out more about the Pokemon.

[@absentphantom9422]

On the Pokemon stealing idea, I have a scenario. At the begining of the game you and your rival are sent to pick up the 3 starters and bring them back to the lab. When you see the starters you and your rival pick one each. Then your rival, rather than insisting on a battle, leaves to catch Pokemon. You head back with the 2 remaining and encounter a grunt. The beat you with a level 15 pokemon. You make it to the Pokemon Center, but have only your chosen starter. The grunt who stole the 3rd starter becomes a second rival. You may be able to rescue the Pokemon early or near the end of the game.

[@LotkaVolterra]

You're onto something with a new 2D game. A national dex would be a real feasibility. You could finally get any Pokemon into Home from a single game.

[@nathanmcclung3564]

So of the ideas here tbf while they sound cool on paper they would like suck in practice. Personally I never cared much for the sprite era of pokemon tho I do understand why they are liked but I feel that going back for any reason outside of a virtual console thing would be a step backwards. Having one large region would be cool but given how I did not like journeys due to the hoping I am sure you can figure out my idea on that. The finding new undiscovered pokemon would be great especially if they are not giving out the information before the games like so many times they have done. Best part about that is they could easily keep doing this over and over dlc like in the same game keeping it alive for years to come. I do feel the many mechanics all at once would be cool tho lets be honest really really messy doing it and fusions could be cool. Also the way you describe the fusion and I know people here will yell about it but it reminds me of the electric dino in palworld which by breeding the water version and specific mons together you get an electric version of it. For the shiny evos why not have alternative evos for those mons as well. Say for example houdour if shiny would not evo into houndoom but a new hellhound like mon instead.

[@UncleMoke476]

Terrastilization was a very cool and unique mechanic. It just looked way too dumb

[@jimewbi]

Fusion Pokémon technically already exists, as far back a Gen 1, in the form of Slowbro (& Slowking, Gen 2). Unfortunately, they don't really provide a suitably pleasing mechanic to do this. That being said, I do think a lot of evolution mechanics do need to be revised. One mechanic I would like to see used or tweeked is held items, especially in cases where Pokémon are actually seen holding an item. Farfetch'd for example, could be given a vegetable other than a Leek, which could effect it's Moves, Stats, Ability, Evolution or all of the above or a mix of these. Same with Falinks, where you could have it hold various Medals, which would change its fighting formation and have the same effects which I earlier described for Farfetch'd.

[@AidanRatnage]

We already have Pokémon from the 3D era in 2D sprites. These are in boxes/pastures and in Home. I can't believe you never mentioned voice acting.

[@Mystmon]

I disagree on the voice acting. I would say that Pokémon is fine without it.

[@phayroent9742]

The CRAZIEST mechanic they could include now is the EXCLUSION of gimmicks.

[@fryguy0563]

I really like the few pledge moves and really want game freak to expand on more fusion moves

[@Nick78159]

Considering how much travel options thought the games we had, I always kinda wanted to visit other region post-game, and se it imagined from other generations perspective. But not as a whole region, but city or two for like an event, or couple of quests. Just to battle couple of NPCs (protagonists, rivals, leaders, elite or champion), while exploring i.e. visiting Mistralton City by plane, and going though route 7 to Celestial Tower to catch a legendary - i.e. random Genie, while challenged by Skyla with competitive team afterwards, or coming by train to Couirway town, being challenged by Diantham then traveling through route 17 to Anistar City in order to hava an encounter with Diancie. Also some gift pokemon, or exclusive encounters from that games would be included along the way. It would be a cool thing to visit at least one region, that way, just as a visit, and getting the know what happened from perspective of that specific game / timeline etc, while exploring.

[@anthonyjames7676]

Access to all regions and doing world quest would be amazing. Start over in each region. All pokemon are available but rare Pokemon are in difficult areas to reach or that take time to get to. Please make legendary and mythical Pokemon harder to come across and catch. Have their battle settings extra hard to make it harder to beat them. Minimize shiny counters more. Do not do pokemon fusions. Do not have players fuse with pokemon. Don not have Pokemon turn into weapons. Introduce 3 type Pokemon. Introduce new types. Explore “space” more like with the ultra space Be able to customize Pokemon appearance when your bond with them is high. Join evil teams. Random elite 4 or champion encounters while exploring the world. Just like black and white 2 have difficulty settings but making it extremely hard.

[@mandomario]

Pokémon fusions is fire. Like there isn't that popular fangame Infinite Fusions or anything The gen5 Challenge Mode should come back. Higher level battles with more mon in the npc teams. And maybe restrict the number of items usable in battles, or even level caps, and/or harder AI

[@brxtndog]

7:00 i would love a 2.5D game that looks like octopath or the new dragon quest remakes coming out

[@laurenregnier3710]

There are actual fan games of fusion Pokemon . I played them . 😊

[@JoseSantos82PR]

@HoopsandHipHop when you mentioned about having three typed Pokémon that it might be a neat gimmick in future games. But what you don’t realize is that we technically already have a “three typed Pokémon” of sorts. So how about Dhelmise, sure it’s Grass & Ghost, but with the Steelwork ability it gains STAB from steel type moves, so there ya go lol 😂😁

[@captaincario2134]

I haven’t finished the whole video yet so not sure if hoops said this or not. But I’ve always wanted an open world game where once you get into a pomemon battle it switches to a Poken Tournament type battle where you play as your Pokémon and battle and you still would only have access to your 4 moves it would just be more like a pikemon battle from the anime. Thoughts?

[@xiongray]

Great ideas. They don't take risks though.

[@danielstokes2127]

I’m kind of hoping that they bring back the galar fossil mechanic. I had so much fun with my abomination!

[@nick_vigs]

In my own head, I had thought of something similar to the concept of pokemon fusion/breeding hybrids for the black/white 3 version I thought we would get, and also tying them into the past/future theme of s/v. The “past/white” version would have the special crossbred pokemon that occur “naturally” and the “future/black” version would have the evil team forcefully fusing pokemon in search for a powerful pokemon. And to top it off the “past” legend would be the real original dragon and the “future” would be the dragon forcibly fused together That’s my sparknotes version lol, I’ve already thought of a few examples for each special pokemon too

[@gregoryrodgers1104]

When it comes to Pokemon fusion, I think the main reason it hasn't appeared beyond Kyurem (and was there something for Necrozma? I still haven't got round to finishing Ultra) is that they don't want to come off as copying Digimon too much. Not with Megas, evolving through bonds... As for stealing Pokemon, it could work with a temporary Pokemon you receive as a gift or the like, to avoid running out completely and the whole "my beloved Pokemon I raised from an egg was stolen! I hate this series now" type situation.

[@joltx9909]

Imagine pokemon going the dragon quest 11 route and allowing the player to switch between modern 3D and classic 2D mode

[@jerrymorales1022]

I like the idea of discovering a new pokemon no one knows. It can be a pokemon for a future generation.

[@grahamturner6266]

The story line laid out for discovering a new legendary is legit Lillie and Nebbys storyline

[@Gigadander]

I know it's not a mechanic, but I wish the games had sprites with dynamic behavior. I'm sure that would take a while though. Also they could have puzzles or quests to obtain specific Pokémon. Like how Ash caught Gengar.

[@thedragonofdalzell]

The discovering unknown Pokemon in game/anime has happened in a way. James talked about a Pokemon who's shown silhouette doesn't match any pokémon we know so far. The castle in Galar had the head of a Dragon we've never seen.

[@matthewrowlett1564]

Oh, it HAS happened in the games. I'm sun&moon, NOBODY knew what Nebby was. Until it reached its final Evolution, Cosmog and Cosmoem were COMPLETELY unknown... as were The Ultra Beasts, aside from Nihelego... It's basically the Plot of the Alola Games.

[@spamh0g]

I think the evil team stealing your pokemon would mostly affect younger or newer players. I have played since original red/blue and dont really loose to random trainers but kids i know do mostly because they rely on only a few pokemon. These newer/ younger players are likely to get quite upset by the pokemon being stolen. Id just like a return of the battle frontier from heartgold please. Some end if story challenges would be great

[@astroferret4700]

I love the 2-D games. Pokémon black-and-white was peak, 2-D Sprite gaming

[@bluedevils481991]

I can’t believe you didn’t mention a difficulty setting. I feel like it wouldn’t be that hard to implement either. Everyone can keep same pokemon at the same level, but easy would be as it is now, medium could be competitive move sets and items, hard could be better ai and actually switching pokemon. I know there was challenge mode, but this could give everyone the challenge they want for not a crazy amount of work

[@supersaiyansalamence]

We’re already got 6 games with every region! Red, Blue, Yellow, Silver, Gold, and Crystal