There are some significant implications for the being carried by the announcement of. While a new mobile game was announced alongside the new title for Pokémon Day 2024, no correlation was drawn between the two aspects of the wider franchise. Nevertheless, considering past development patterns, will have a huge impact on the TCG, with one potential change in particular being especially notable.
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The next in the series, , has finally been announced with a release date of 2025. These games are canonically not spin-offs, and have been said to be mainline titles in the video game franchise. They offer a focused deep dive into certain regions and as a look at the background for specific Pokémon. will take place entirely within Lumiose City, although where it falls on the timeline is uncertain.
Recently, the success of has stirred up much debate regarding whether the franchise needs to do more to reinvent itself rather than remaining with the same type of general gameplay mechanics with each new game. gives the company a perfect opportunity to do just that, by going back to a more open and new approach to battles and collecting that offered rather than the more traditional format seen in. However, the unusual setting for could also create a drastically different approach simply by virtue of its location.
When first released, many compared it to for its open world look and feel. This newfound freedom in the universe offered more than just a wild world full of roaming Pokémon, but changed up the collecting and battling systems with fresh gameplay mechanics different from what the series had hitherto held onto. Its updated way of catching and battling the pocket monsters was a key part of what made stand out as a new iteration in the franchise.
In, running into wild Pokémon was a more organic and logical experience than in previous games. There were no more surprises about encountering a wild Pokémon, as they could be seen wandering in the world, and the main character was even able to walk around during the battles. In fact, they needed to sometimes, as the main character could be attacked by wild Pokémon and required the player to dodge.
The main character could be attacked by wild Pokémon. Additionally, Pokémon could be caught without ever having to battle at all.
Additionally, Pokémon could be caught without ever having to battle at all. As long as a player was successful at sneaking up on them and the Pokémon was not too high of a level, they could be caught with a Poké Ball without ever entering combat. This made the entire foundation of catching and collecting Pokémon a much more engaging and streamlined process.
continued with the open-world feel that incorporated, but it dropped the idea of the main character being attacked by wild Pokémon as well as the catching mechanic that introduced of being able to catch a creature without engaging in combat. The new mechanics of throwing a Poké Ball anywhere on the map was removed once again and battling was again deemed the only way to catch a Pokémon.
Trainers in could still sneak up on Pokémon, but rather than being able to simply catch them, a
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