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Originally posted by rojoh
sorry, something thats a proven worldwide bestseller isn't good enough for an MMO. instead suggestions for the next fairy elf dwarf game go right to the top.

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The Sims was one of the best selling EA games... look at the MMO it made.

The Sims also had no motivations for the players other than socializing. Pokemon has a lot of motivations for players, look at the slogan itself, "Gotta Catch 'Em All!".

What's funny to me is that the Pokemon universe is probably one of the single most obvious and easiest universes to bring to life in a game. It's just that because of the childish factor that no producers want to fire it up.

Players could group to go on tough hunts to capture powerful Pokemon, they could train for Gym Badges, they could make their own shops and sell their Pokeballs, elixirs, stones, etc, they could attempt to wade into a corrupt organization's hideout and battle all of the henchmen like in the Gameboy version (or they could join the organizations themselves), they could gamble at the casinos and possibly play a form of Blackjack against other players. There could be at-stakes dueling where players bet a valuable piece of gear to whomever wins a duel.

There's so many possibilities and I'm pretty sure it would make an amazing MMO, but it's just too hard to break the mold people have of thinking of it as childish. Heck, I'd be embarrassed to play a Pokemon MMO.

i love pokemon and im 20  i love pokemon when i was a kid and still do

I would not be embarassed to play a pokemon MMO at all.

That would defanitely be the best thing ever.

Originally posted by retrospectic

It takes a certain kind of IP to make a good MMORPG.  Warhammer has it, Conan has it, Star Wars has it, Warcraft has it.

Pokemon does not have it.

I agree with your premise that it takes a certain kind of IP to make good MMORPG, (Some IP contains deep world designs that can work in MMORPG, others contains great stories).

but truth be told, Pokemon works with MMORPG (its stories might not be the greatest, but its world design works very well for MMORPG...  Heck, just by looking at the GB/GBA version of the game it gave a fairly structured world that would work with MMORPG.)

If yout hink pokemon doesnt have a strong enough IP to make an mmo you havent actually watched the show. The thing has been running for almost 12 years now, it has the classic set up for an mmo.

The show is comprised ot thousands of trainers,w hos only goal in their little world is to catch pokemon, and battle, and along the way they run into an unlimited supply of generic bad guys, along with evil pokemon and other trainers.

Too be honest, i am surrpised nintendo hasnt made an effort to create an pokemon mmo yet, based on their handheld games they obvioulsy have an idea of how to make adecent rpg, the same system would carry over online as well.

POOOOOOOOKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!

Why Nintendo hasn't thought about this yet is beyond me. They would rack in so much money the thought of it is sick. then again maybe its better they don't. Can you imagine having to exchange friend codes every time you make a friend ><

Honestly a Pokemon mmorpg would be pretty cool :p

I still remember playing pokemon on the gameboy when I was on vacation ( and didnt have access to a computer to play an mmo :p ), I like it alot.

Instead of realtime combat it would be more tactical combat, just like on the gameboy.

Then interaction between players could be trading pokemon ( obviously ).

Not sure how grouping could be done, hmm, shouldnt be too hard tho.

It could make a very fun mmorpg :p

Greetz

Hmm, I'm not sure why so many people voted that Pokemon is for children. There's some parts of the game mechanism that makes it suitable for hardcore gamers (EV values, IV values, breeding specific moves onto specific pokemon).

What I really don't like is people automatically assuming that games are childish just cause they played it when they were young and "grew out of them". :(

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Originally posted by Virgazone
Hmm, I'm not sure why so many people voted that Pokemon is for children. There's some parts of the game mechanism that makes it suitable for hardcore gamers (EV values, IV values, breeding specific moves onto specific pokemon).
What I really don't like is people automatically assuming that games are childish just cause they played it when they were young and "grew out of them". :(

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Agreed. Pathetic storyline and ridiculous naming conventions aside, the game is sufficiently complex enough to make people really think about their choices, but simple enough that children can grasp it. It just screams "easy to learn but hard to master" which is like the first tenet of MMOs. Plus, they add new ones to catch all the time, which would be a fantastic excuse to keep people resubscribing. They could even go with a Ryzom style approach and try to create the Pokemon in 3D, and have them actively walk around the world and interact with their habitats and with wandering players.

Personally id pick a pokemon mmo up in a heartbeat, regardless of its pre-ordained "kiddy" factor