>>197277772 (OP)
There'll be one eventually. It's their ultimate trump card. I'd be willing to bet that a hypothetical Pokemon MMO would be the best selling game of all time.

If everything goes to shit and Nintendo finally starts to go under, we'll see one. It'll be the last Pokemon game ever, but it could happen.

>>197278540

That's pretty much what my email said. Do you think Nintendo's keeping it for the eventuality of their company being on the rocks?

>>197278732
Then the following year

Final Pokemon II

A pokemon MMO is ought to be the most overrated idea ever

There will be additional enjoyment out of grinding in tall grass with 50 other peopl

>we should make a pokemon mmo
>no way, greater men than us have tried to make mmos and failed
>actually you're wrong, those people were all complete dumbfucks
>I don't want to be associated with dumbfucks, let's just make another donkey kong game

For some reason, I have always thought Nintendo as a low-risk company.

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>Pokemon MMO
It's a shit idea and you know it.
The game has nothing that would improve from MMO that can't be done already.
All it would add is a bunch of other retards walking along on the same route. Online fighting/trading can already be done (or is, I didn't play the latest ones), and most other ideas can be implemented on the current game with no problem since the combat system is comletely based on single player.

All that MMO would add is insane costs on development, bug testing and hosting.

>>197279021
They definitely aren't.

>>197277772 (OP)
>Nintendo confirmed for intentionally foregoing massive profits.
>MUH POKEMON MMORPG

lel. Normalfags moved from Pokemon years ago, Nintendo would need the angry birds audience to make a Pokemon MMORPG profitable and they missed that train 9 years ago.

>Confirmed for listening to Podtoid this week

The fucking pinnacle of MMO is shit like WoW, far too many people have tried to make MMO's & far too many have been left burned by the hype.

Let it go, it's not going to happen & it wouldn't be nearly as good as you seem to think it would be.

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>>197279245
How are you this stupid

>>197279205
But it would sell MILLIONS. People have been begging for a Pokemon MMO for years now, And it would without a doubt be one of their best sales yet. Kiddies could play online just like their cawadoodies, Competitivefags could EV Train, Normalfags could be Normalfags, And Collectors could FINALLY catch em all because every Pokemon would be in one game.

>>197279245
Pokemon is a system seller. I'm already seeing my normal friends on Facebook exclaiming that they need to buy a 3ds for the new pokemon game.

Poke MMO is a stupid idea anyway that only ledditors have

What exactly would an MMO offer Pokemon that a better online system wouldn't? Seriously, it'd just be a package bundle of a standard pokemon game with Pokemon Battle Revolution and a playable UI instead of matchmaking.

They don't need an MMO, all they need to make is a proper home console version (Wii U)

Pokemon isn't Nintendo's responsibility it's Gamefreak's. If gamefreak wanted to an MMO, Nintendo would probably let them go ahead with it.

Japanese are very traditionalists, so it might be too much for the owners to move from multiplayer to massive multiplayer.

YEAH THEY SHOULD MAKE THE MMO AND IT SHOULD TAKE PLACE AFTER THE CARTOON WHEN ASH AND MISTY GET MARRIED AND PIKACHU DIES. ALSO IT SHOULD BE RATED M BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAVE LOTS OF GUNS AND OTHER POKE-VIOLENCE

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tfw grinding your Scyther up to max level and raiding Team Rocket HQ with your bros

>>197279463
You can do all of that already, and putting the all of the monsters in one game defeats the main point of trading.

I dont think that it would need to be an mmo as such.

Maybe if there was a console version you can play in the same 'world' as like 20 other people.

I think it would be better off if the world was seperated into tiles or something. The tiles would be routes or towns or cities or whatever and each tile has a maximum number of players on it at any one time. For example, the city tile might have up to 20 players running around on it at any one point, if another player tries to get in they start another world with them being the only person in it and others walking in as they need to until it is eventually filled.

On routes you could take the maximum number of people down so it still feels like you are striking out on your own, for example 5 people to a route, you can run into them and even follow eachother around but that section of the world is by no means crowded.

Of course there are some areas that are solo only, like gyms and particular caves.

This way you get the appeal of an mmo without the world feeling overly crowded. It can feel more like a traditional pokemon game while still having the bonus of other real trainers to seamlessly trade, battle and make friends with.

>MMO

Fuck no.

>Fully 3D Single Player Pokemon?

Fuck yes.

>>197279773

>3 v 3 pokemon battles, you and your bros each send out one pokemon. Battle together

Oh fuck yes

>>197279630
They don't need that either.


What's wrong with you people is that you don't arm to realize that aside from Stadium and less fleshed-out RPGs, the mainline Pokemon games are made to work on handhelds.

http://www.indiedb.com/games/pokemon-generations

>>197279746
>I'm going to put a somewhat reasonable idea next to a bunch of stupid ideas to make the somewhat reasonable idea stupid by association!

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>>197280018
Oh MAN where the FUCK is my wallet

Anyone who plays Pokemon over the age of 13, is definitely asking to get bullied.

Grow up.

>>197277772 (OP)
>Nintendo UK

I hate to break it to you, but nintendo hates europe, NoE probably knows less than you about what they're doing in japan.

>>197280018
>One guy plays alone and wins because his team is much more geared towards group battles, knows all his pokemon stats better and can pick better combos between abilities.
Turn based group battles are a retarded idea.

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Man since when does late night/early morning /v/ have so many retards? Is this the Aussie timezone or something?

>>197280053
>the mainline Pokemon games are made to work on handhelds
So what?

That doesn't mean they can't make a more fleshed out version for the home consoles. Hell the gameplay doesn't even need to change, just use the extra processing power for enhanced graphics. Other than that it could be the exact same game and people would still buy the shit out of it.

>>197280381
Shitposters, Summer, And faggotry in general.

They can't really decide by themselves, it's GameFreak who makes Pokemon games and they aren't actually part of Nintendo and Nintendo only has a third of the pokemon name.
You could try e-mailing GameFreak about it but knowing Matsuda you'll probably get the same answer.

>>197280468
I'm pretty sure Gamefreak's stated that they intend to keep the mainline pokemon games on handhelds only. Also they don't want to make another Pokemon fucking Snap

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>>197280460
Such is life

>>197280260
it might be childish but is one of the greatest rpgs i see no problem if you find it fun.

>>197280381

It's the Yurop timezone. Greece is coming to town. Huehuehue.

MMOs are a shit genre and sacrifice everything good about RPGs.

It has nothing to do with profits.

Almost every MMO has to charge a subscription or have a nickel-and-diming cash shop to be financially viable.

Nintendo is vehemently against that sort of extortion.

It doesn't fucking matter, anyway. Pokemon is a turned-based RPG. There's nothing an MMO could do that would offer it anything new or interesting unless they completely messed with the formula.

>>197280616
>I'm pretty sure Gamefreak's stated that they intend to keep the mainline pokemon games on handhelds only
Yes since the begining Tajiri intended Pokemon to be on handhelds so people could take the games with them and interact with other Pokemon players.
Funny decision from a guy with assburgers.

>Also they don't want to make another Pokemon fucking Snap
I didn't know this, what a shame.

>>197280892

And don't forget that if they DO break down and make a Pokemon MMO, people will flip their shit if Nintendo DOES charge a subscription or puts in a cash shop because they think they're entitled to what THEY want in a Pokemon MMO... and everyone knows Pokemon fans are whining children when new games aren't what they want.

So, tell me /v/...

Why would a Pokemon MMO be any good at all? And explain yourself properly thinking about each aspect you're talking about.

>>197277772 (OP)
>pokemon MMO

It'd be the first MMO ever with MANDATORY pvp.
Every time you walk in front of another player, your characters lock up, and you have to have a poke-battle.

Pokemon is portable exclusive so that people have to buy portables to play pokemon.

This is especially incredibly important in the face of a growing phone/tablet market that is threatening to leave portables behind.

Keeping portables relevant is far more profitable than a MMO would ever be.

MMO is a shit genre

Pokemon is a shit franchise

Nintendo is a shit company

>>197278540
They're waiting until there's thousands of Pokemon so parties will be more varied and more areas of the world covered so they can link them all together.

>>197280892
>messed with the formula
That's the problem, Pokémon is so utterly formulaic that it needs some kind of kick to stop being the same stale game with increasingly crappy titles.
X and Y? Come on, that's literally just two letters which are meant to represent something. It's like they didn't have any name ideas so they just said fuck it, let's leave the name undefined.

But MMO's are shit, OP. Why would you want Nintendo to make a shit game?

>people actually ask for MMOs

>>197281947
Or you just add a ''Duell''-option like in other MMOs

>>197281986
What says that there can't be a portable Pokemon-MMO?

>>197282007
>edgy and relevant post
you must feel so proud for this post

>>197282182
It's about genetics you idiot

>>197282182
The names are based on chromosomes because X and Y are continuing the Mewtwo story. It makes perfect sense.

>>197282182

Don't forget it's literally SO formulaic, they STILL haven't moved past pixelated sprites.

>Finally use models instead of sprites
>Make them goddamn pixellated as an artstyle
>The whole thing ends up looking like a goddamn DS game

Pokemon's a bigger rehash cashcow than cowadoody yet nintendo fanboys continue to act like it's perfectly acceptable.

>>197282327
How is that like pokemon? No sir, it'll have to be mandatory pvp, the moment you make eye contact.

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>>197282413
>Portable
>MMO

Really?

>>197282413
Who says there can't be a portable offline singleplayer MMO?

A Pokemon MMO is a fucking stupid idea, and anyone who suggests it is a fucking retard.

>>197282652
What stops them from making a MMO for 3ds?

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They want to keep traditional (not bastardizations like Collesium) Pokemon on handhelds as one of the bigger reasons to buy them

They also don't want their game to be subject to paedophiles and all that nonsense on an online children's game.

A good question is, why has nobody decided to launch a kickstarter for a Pokemon ripoff MMO?

Make a nice video with artwork, then hire a programmer

>>197282568

Fuck off, troll

Pokemon doesn't need an MMO to be successful.

Also, Iwata said Nintendo doesn't outright listen to fan's demands. He subverts them and make unexpected products, which I prefer. It makes Nintendo a very mysterious and spontaneous company.

>>197282438

If I made one nintendrone mad enough to reply to my post, my job here is done.

>>197282652
>thinking just because its portable it can't into MMO
>thinking something FUCKING TURNED BASED wouldn't be alright over a tiny bit of latency from being on wifi

The series is called POCKET Monsters

Portability is the entire point

You can't carry an MMO around in your pocket

>>197282875
>They want to keep traditional (not bastardizations like Collesium) Pokemon on handhelds as one of the bigger reasons to buy them

>They also don't want their game to be subject to paedophiles and all that nonsense on an online children's game.

But that is exactly what Mystery Dungeon is.

>>197282962

>Nintendo
>make unexpected products

MARIO
ZELDA
POKEMON
MARIO
ZELDA
POKEMON
MARIO
ZELDA
...

>>197283057
>>197282652
>What is cellular connection

>>197283117
People that think main Zelda and Mario games are rehashes don't actually play them. I can give you Pokemon, though.

>>197283117
>Project Rainfall
>Kid Icarus: Uprising
>Shin Megami Tensei x Fire Emblem
>Bayonetta 2
>Wonderful 101
>X
>Wii Fit Trainer and Mega Man in the new Smash Bros ; Smash Bros on Wii U and 3DS

Are we really doing this?

>>197282962
>Pokemon doesn't need an MMO to be successful.

Neither did Warcraft. WoW was such a financial failure, right?

>>197283117

It's not their fault no one buys their other IPs

>>197282830
Agreed. It's just the typical buzzword made by people that doen't really know what they want.

>I want this game to be open world!
>I want this game to be online even if Idon't care!
>I want this game to have a steampunk location!
>I want this series to be an MMO!
Retards, pure retards.

>>197283057

All I heard from this was

>WAAAAAAAAH! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
>m-muh comfort zone
>WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

If Nintendo were to make a Pokemon MMO it would probably mean the end of the entire franchise. I don't see why people think it's a good idea. Pokemon is very formulaic and always has been but it doesn't stop it from selling millions each time. It should stay the way it is.

>>197283261
That doesn't make what I said different. Pokemon XY will sell like crazy for the sheer fact its 3D.

>>197283057
console pokemon games exist

>>197283291
>Take the exact same game
>Put in a city that lets you see and duel other players
WHOA TOTALLY DESTROYS THE CONCEPT!

>>197283362

And they were made solely so you could battle your Pokemon in 3D, and Colosseum and XD had the Shadow Pokemon gimmick

Point is, console games are obsolete now that X and Y are 3D

>>197283280

Have you ever saw their other IPs?

They are so casual and shitty that they make cellphone games look like Dwarf fortress.

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>people want a pokemon MMO

fucking why? It wouldnt even work that well

>>197283447

>Pikmin
>Metroid
>F-Zero

>Casual

Get out.

>All these people that think MMO means Everquest clone
Jesus christ.