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A second game would be necessary to keep the portability aspect. An app would not be sufficient for it. Yes, you can play at home and so forth, but you can do that with the portable anyway without sacrificing the portability aspect. You really seem to underestimate the impact the portable aspect has on the franchise.

Two of your descriptors refer to graphics and the third is referring to online of which the 3DS Pokémon games have the best system of any game on a Nintendo system. That wouldn't be a shakeup

Because you don't understand Pokémon. You think just doing an app or making people buy a second game to do the usual Pokémon stuff is acceptable. It really isn't and would work against the game.

That's the thing. You're not a fan of Pokémon so you don't understand how huge the portability aspect actually is and how necessary it is to the game. I'm not saying it wouldn't be fun. I'm saying they have to introduce something fundamentally awesome to justify the removal of the portable aspect.

I don't think NX will be as connected as that. Not all games will be on both platforms. They've said as much. Also, Pokémon games aren't Nintendo's decision. They can ask, but Game Freak decides what device what goes on and how Pokémon plays out.

Such as? Considering handhelds now have big open worlds akin to Xenoblade Chronicles on it, I'm not sure what glaring issues there are anymore.

Ones that equate to spin-offs, yeah I agree. For main games, I disagree wholeheartedly

And how would it adapt when the suggestion is to just put it on a home console? It's not lacking in imagination, though. You've been to Japan during the height of a PokéMania season. You know full well what it's like.

We can, if there's a justification for it. You highly underestimate the impact of the portability aspect to the series. It's a huge part and there has to be a reason to do it other than "look, it's on a home console" and "look, it's pretty". Many suggestions here are akin to spin-off titles and yes, that's great and they need to happen more (give me PokéPark U, damn it), but with the main series they have to justify it.

The games are 3D already. It can be done on a handheld. It's not a justification for jumping to home console. Graphics do not make a game and don't justify the removal of a key aspect of the series. Having a "handheld app" for that is a bit ridiculous in concept. It's adding more steps to the entire thing and separates the game into two. It wouldn't work as well as just being handheld. If Pokémon is to be on a home console with a main game, there HAS to be something that justifies it and "oh look, pretty graphics" is not a valid one.

But that's such a glib and superficial improvement. It'd have to have a significant gameplay focused reason for it to happen.

@FireMeowth has it on point here. The portability aspect is huge and a huge part of why Pokémon is big. If they do take Pokémon to home consoles, they have to have a damned good reason and hook to do it. Just "online" isn't enough as the handhelds do that as it is. There has to be a major justification for it. Why else would you remove the key aspect of Pokémon? There's a lack of understanding of the whole portable aspect of Pokémon with many, and until you attend events like @FireMeowth, @EEVILMURRAY and I have done, it'll be tricky to understand. Granted, it's not like Japan where you meet people playing everywhere, but these events, which are getting bigger and bigger, are a massive point as to why the games should remain portable. The only way around it with a home console version is apps etc. or constant transferring from home console to your handheld title which is cumbersome and jilted. What do you guys think could justify it?

I honestly wasn't expecting this, seeing the 3DS remake exists.

To be fair, when people go into threads and trash a game calling it things like "Captain Turd", that's someone who is not doing it to discuss but rather troll

Not sure we know how they'll be used.

Animal Crossing amiibo cards also work. The game also comes with three of those

You guys try 100%ing 3-S yet? If there's ever a stage that makes me want to Mellow Mode, it's this

Thankfully, yes.

Some of these collectables are a pain. Can't for the life of me find the third wool and fifth flower in 2-3. Spent ages hunting on this level

GamePad is a traditional controller in every sense, except it also has a screen in it :p

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I honestly believe they have learned their lesson and are going to knock the launch out of the park. Though I do have doubts the device(s) will take off like crazy. I imagine moderate to good success. Nintendo will never be huge again.

Indeed, though I have faith.

What is it with Nintendo games where I decide the time is to stop, but then I'm back on within half an hour... So addictive.