Request for GENUINE Pokemon game for the Wii U Console
So I have some plans and they involve all of you. I’d really like your thoughts and opinions on this because your support could very well make this happen. The more views, the more likely Nintendo will listen.
First off, I’m a die-hard Nintendo fan. I purchased all the Nintendo consoles during their hay-day dating back to the snes and have refused to even touch a playstation/xbox console. I’ve purchased every Nintendo Power magazine edition and mourned over its discontinuation for 3 months straight……that’s how loyal I am to Nintendo.
Then there’s Pokemon: I’ve watched every anime episode, purchased every game (including spin-offs such as snap, mystery dungeon, trozie, etc), avidly collect and prize the cards, and hoard other collectables such as memorabilia.
So I’m not some filthy casual, the thoughts I am about to express come from YEARS of first-hand experience and reactions to the path both Nintendo and Pokemon have taken over the years.
Pokemon is one of the most, if not, THE MOST successful gaming series…..and yet Nintendo is suffering with sales…..particularly with the Wii U.
Surprisingly enough, the 3DS is supremely successful in its sales and is dominating the hand-held gaming industry and has essentially erased all its competition through its success. Many find this extremely confusing. How is the handheld surpassing the actual console? This is because Nintendo has decided to restrict Pokemon to the handheld while allowing Mario and friends to rampage through both handhelds and the console.
Why is it that Nintendo has no problem shining the limelight on Mario on both its handhelds and consoles but shuns Pokemon from such an opportunity? Do they not realize that Pokemon is one of their most successful brands??? Heck even Sonic has more Nintendo console debuts than Pokemon (and Sonic isn’t even a Nintendo brand, it’s the birthchild of Sega).
And Nintendo appears to be at a complete loss as to why they are struggling in the console arena (both the PS4 and Xbox 1 are faring exceptionally well compared to Nintendo). Nintendo just loves to idolize Mario and allows him free reign over both handhelds and consoles but of course Pokemon is not to even dare dirty their precious Wii U with an appearance. Nintendo wake-up! its time you aggressively make up for all the lost time by catering to your largest market-base and flood them over to your consoles by making a GENUINE console Pokemon game…..but wait they just did you say? And its called Pokemon Tournament….omg the gods are good……I am done here!
……Nope…I’m actually even more angered now that I’ve watched the trailer.
So Pokemon Tournament for the Wii U was just recently announced. I discovered it through reddit and was very ecstatic to see Nintendo’s very first console version of Pokemon since the Wii’s battle revolution game! After viewing the trailer……...I nearly exploded with immense disappointment!.....Nintendo had SO MUCH POTENTIAL but what did they do?!?.............they essentially made a less-specialized Tekken brawler only this time featuring Pokemon instead of dedicated brawlers……….I mean what in tarnation was Nintendo thinking?! I have been lurking Seribii and Pokemon communities for seven years now and ABSOLUTELY NO ONE once asked for a Tekken version of Pokemon. I mean LOL! I can tell you what the community has been asking for repeatedly and that is either a console rpg of Pokemon or something like Pokemon Stadium
Punch and kick tekken-style brawling is not what Pokemon is about! I was really hoping for a 3d version of the handheld rpg’s……..but let’s face it: Nintendo would never do that because that is the realm of their handhelds. (should they do that then the majority of players are likely to choose the console versions of the rpgs as opposed to the handhelds and BAM their handheld gaming monopoly would rapidly sink.) But that’s alright Nintendo can still, at the very least, make a stadium/battle revolution game for the wii u where maybe we could upload the pokemon we catch and train from our handheld pokemon games and watch them battle in glorious 3d (and by battle I don’t mean tekken style punching and kicking). That game could also feature the awesome pokemon rental feature that made the stadium games so fun so we wouldn’t have to be restricted to our own pokemon if we don’t want.
A wifi ranking system would make that game perfect and keep the Wii U relevant for at least another 10 years where players would try to climb the ranks and earn titles along the way such as “ace trainer” “gym leader” “professor” “ elite” “champion” etc.
Also being able to use rental pokemon exclusively as an option would make the game much more satisfying as it would eliminate unfair advantages though hacks and ev training. Moreover, including different modes such as a “co-op double-battles wifi ranking mode” where you could team up with a friend (or stranger) in a double battle against others around the world would be epic. Or a mode where each trainer is given 6 completely random pokemon and the trainers have to battle it out to the finish not having a pre-set strategy that they would normally have had they been using their own team. I mean it would really add variety and test a battler’s mastery of the art of pokemon battling.
Nintendo could also profit immensely by offering in-game purchases that don’t affect internal game strategy (because that would be pay-to-win and nobody likes that) but instead have to do with asthetics (kind of like what League of Legends does) such as offering the option to purchase new kinds of pokeballs, battle arenas, and avatar skins/outfits/customization features.
I swear pokemon fans the world over have been asking for a console version of a genuine pokemon game for at least 10 years now and what does Nintendo do? They give us Pokepark and an underwhelming Battle Revolution that could have been so much more……And now we have to settle for this Pokken tekken game.
We pokemon fans are outrageously dedicated, loyal, and we throw our money at Nintendo every chance we get (every pokemon game is ridiculously profitable for Nintendo even the remakes)………..so why is it after all of our earnest requests Nintendo makes a half-baked effort to appease us by giving us Tekken with pokemon costumed characters while simultaneiously satisfying Mario and Sonic fans with game after game on hand-held and consoles?
After nearly 25 years of being a rabbid Nintendo fan, I’m not sure how much more of this I can take. Is it that hard to make a console version of your most successful game that is actually genuinely and lives up to the brand (not a spin-off like “lets take pictures pokemon snap” and “let me speak slowly and in one word syllables into a dysfunctional mic Hey You Pikachu”)
Nintendo your Wii U may be failing but I have the golden answer that will not only rescue it from its grave but also quite possibly make it as popular if not more popular than the ps4 and xbox: make a genuine Pokemon game for the console (not Pokken tournament) but something like Pokemon Stadium/battle revolution with a variety of game modes/battle styles and a polished online ranking system that allows us to test our knowledge of pokemon battles in beautiful hd 3d.
I have created a petition where those who agree with me can sign their name and leave their stamp of approval. I will then personally contact a Nintendo agent and make certain to open their eyes. I will visit their NA headquarters if I have to. With your help, I am more than certain we can finally open Nintendo’s eyes!!!
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