>Gen 5 >gimmicky abilities >Gen 6 >gimmicky forms

>>33437080
I'd say Gen 5 also had a bunch of gimmicky battles

imagine natures that boost or cripple HP

Gen 8 is gonna have Super Evolution, a level above Mega Evolution

>>33437080
gen 8 will introduce a new stat.
weight will be a stat now, and more moves will take it into account in damage calculations.

>>33437085
That would be a big change to the competitive meta, but how can you market that?

>>33437080
>>Gen 5
>>gimmicky abilities
What?

>>33437251
rotation and triple battles came into being I suppose
but weren't implemented fucking ever in the actual game

>>33437225
what if they introduced a new breeding mechanism where you have to get your pokemon to mate in specific ways to determine the nature of the egg. sex involving a lot of tummy rubbing could end up with a nature that gives a lot of hp for example, because a lot of high hp mons are tubby

>>33437080
Tri-type Pokémon

>>33437251
>>33437264
I read abilities as battles for some reason, I have no idea how I did that
sorry anon
>>33437267
dual type moves

>>33437080
6 on 6 battles where trainers just say fuck it and throw all their Pokemon out at once

>>33437251
Hidden abilties. Even though it was as flashy or shilled as hard as the others Gen 5 had the whole Dream World thing just for them.

>>33437273
I want this so badly

Real time battles

>>33437270
I honestly expected more dual type moves to be a thing this gen, but nope. =/

>>33437097
You do realise super is a lower tier than mega, right?

>>33437273
>>33437279

Imagine the fps.

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>>33437080

>>33437080
We already talked about this, it's Assist Attacks.

>>33437085
No, because then no one would ever use defence boosting natures.

>>33437080
But what would gimmick genders actually do?

Pokemon can hold TMs for a 5th move slot

>>33437080
Probably something to do with Types. Either the types of the Pokemon, the types of the moves, or some combination.

>>33437080
Battle Commands, you can command your pokemon to take an in-battle action, other than attacking without wasting your attacking turn.
>order your pokemon to charge towards the enemy to do extra damage the following turn, but also recieve recoil
>order your pokemon to guard in order to recieve less damage the following turn, while also doing less damage that turn.
>order flying types/ pokemon capable of flight to take off/land. if they land, they lose the ground immunity but do extra damag, if flying they deal less damage, but are immune to ground type attacks and can complete moves like fly or sky attack in one turn. these attacks force the pokemon to land after they are completed.

I think incorporating some elements of turn based strategy games could be interesting -- movement in particular might freshen the battle system.

>>33437273
That's crazy enough to work. I think it would be a chance for pokemon to use their roles to the fullest: agro, support, defense etc. They will have to fix or ban some stuff like Fallow Me.

>>33437080
Z-abilities

>>33438113
I like it, hire this person Gamefreak

>>33437647
I like this but it might be too good

>>33437213
Sound and weight

>>33437558
Depends. Blissey would. Wobbuffet would, Shuckle would not.

Equal hp-(sp)def is optimal tankiness.

>>33438113
>PIKACHU DODGE IT!

just like my Japanese Annie Mays.

>>33438113
Huh, a way to do sky battles that isn't stupid.
Dive battles too, really.

>>33438347
how can sound be a stat?

>>33437084
that could be said to gen 3 and 6 aswell

>>33438171
pokemon IS a turn based game you retard

>>33438428
he probably meant srpg elements

>>33438428
Its a turn-based RPG not a turn-based strategy game you fucking moron. Your retardation aside, you missed the whole point of the post -- movement.

>>33438171
>>33438445
like in pokemon conquest?

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>>33438405
gen 7 too

I don't think Pokemon needs a major change in formula, other RPG series like Dragon Quest and SMT have remained popular a long time with less variation to their core mechanics than what Pokemon got going from gen1 to gen2, Pokemon simply needs a single player that takes advantage from the actual depth Pokemon's combat already has.

>>33438490
A big chunk of pokemon's depth comes from ev and iv customization, which is really difficult to apply to singleplayer without it becoming grindy and repetitive.

>>33438450
Fire Emblem has rpg elements

>>33438405
Gen3 actually used theirs though and it remains just as in use. Heck, it's the official tournament format. It even made it into the card game for a while.

Triple/rotation/inverse/sky are joke gimmicks. Doubles is the real deal.

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>>33438479
when is this format coming to smogon?

I can see dual or ampped up abilities being a thing next gen.

>>33438506
>>33438490
Which is why it needs a major overhaul.
Those games do well without changes because growth is fun, tactical, and largely modular.

In pokemon it's grind for levels, grind for the perfectest egg, grind money for tms, grind for evs. The journey to success is not one of enjoyable gameplay or many meaningful choices.

Not even memeing, even Digimon does this better, it just has astronomically large issues with lore and mechanical consistency.

The only party-training game I know that does it worse is Yokai Watch, where there are acknowledged "objectively betters" and no customization other than team composition, which is why they have so many recolors.

QTE-based moves

>>33437080
Mono-type pokemon get weaknesses and resistances doubled, but also STAB doubled.

>>33437413
60 fps 1080p.