Pokemon RPG Unlikely For Wii

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Nintendo Life said:
Wii Unlikely to Catch a Traditional Pokemon RPG Title

Home consoles are better for other things

As part of Nintendo's Q3 Financial Results Briefing last month, it was revealed that the company has several Pokémon projects planned for handheld systems DS and the 3DS, as well as the home console Wii. Exactly what sort of game the latter will be is unclear at the moment, but according to Junichi Masuda, co-founder of Game Freak and director of Pokémon Black and White, a traditional Pokémon RPG on the Wii is unlikely.

When quizzed by IGN about the likelihood of bringing a Pokémon title that's part of the main series to the Wii, Masuda's response was:

    I don't think so. I think the Pokémon core series is always going to be with handheld hardware, in the future as well... I consider handheld hardware you can carry around with you as almost being equal to being with Pokémon, always. I think handheld really matches the idea of Pokémon that we have. Also, you can communicate and transfer data all the time, whenever you want with a handheld. That's also a match with the Pokémon concept.

Even with the increase in connectivity on home consoles, Masuda still feels that what's best for the Pokémon series is the ability to house it within portable devices, enabling players to go anywhere and not be restricted to the sofa. However, he does admit that it would be nice to work on other systems if they were more portable.

    Obviously the home console allows people to get together, for parties, and those sorts of things... Maybe in the future, if we can think of a way to do something cool with that, then that's the sort of environment we can work in.

So it looks like the type of Pokémon games we can expect to see on the Wii will follow the trends of releases such as Pokémon Battle Revolution, and PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure. Oh joy.
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I wouldn't really want to see a Pokemon RPG game on a Wii anyway. I agree with this, it's better on the portable devices.

Pokemon Battle Revolution was okay, though.
 
Espeon said:
I liked PBR though, I suppose a pokemon XD mixed with PBR would be a good idea.
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I agree with this. I didn't play PBR but I would've if there was an actual story. Pokemon doesn't really interest me unless it has RPG aspects to it. I even enjoyed Mystery Dungeon to a certain extent. I really don't want more crappy spin-offs like Dash, Pinball, or Pokepark. It makes me disappointed that Pokemon will be only on handhelds because there's only a certain amount of RPGs they will make for a given handheld. I was really looking forward to a good RPG title for the Wii but alas. Twas not meant to be.
 
Snowy620 said:
Steve the Trooper said:
RPGs for consoles aren't as exspansive as handhelds, but they're still good.
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If you're talking about Pokémon, I agree, but if you're talking about RPGs as a genre, I'm going to have to smack you.
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It's a pokemon RPG topic I'm clearly speaking about all RPGs. I've clearly never played Kingdom Hearts. Come on man what else could I be saying?
 
Steve the Trooper said:
Snowy620 said:
Steve the Trooper said:
RPGs for consoles aren't as exspansive as handhelds, but they're still good.
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If you're talking about Pokémon, I agree, but if you're talking about RPGs as a genre, I'm going to have to smack you.
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It's a pokemon RPG topic I'm clearly speaking about all RPGs. I've clearly never played Kingdom Hearts. Come on man what else could I be saying?
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Now I'm going to smack you now.
 
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