POKEMON GEN 6 ANNOUNCED

[Koh]

Who or what should the conflict be against if not against a Team of some kind, Koh? And what exactly are the defining comparisons between New Super Mario and 3D World that are even applicable to Pokemon?

Again, these are actual questions.

New Super Mario Bros was more or less a "new gen" Super Mario World, which is fine. Then the next releases of this series were basically rehashes of the same thing. Then 3D Land comes along and gives us something completely different in terms of gameplay, yet still with familar pieces of the Mario setup we came to know, such as collecting coins, stomping enemies, and racing through wacky levels. 3D World aims to innovate the game play even more, yet still retaining the Mario charm. Final Boss tends to be Bowser, but it's never the same battle strategy; he always does something different in each game.

Pokemon on the other hand, while I'll give it credit for things like Horde Battles and better Multiplayer to help innovate the gameplay a little, hasn't really done such levels of innovation since Gen II and III. II was the most, bringing the most changes to the series like Breeding and Day/Night, then Gen III brings us Abilities that every Pokemon has. Gen VI is trying something similar with Mega Evos, but again it's a form change, which has been seen since Gen III and doesn't scream "new!" As for the story, the formula has been the same each game regarding an evil Team sporadically needing your attention, and then you infiltrate their base and stop their leader. Since Gen 3, they've been working Legendaries into that, so that whole spiel's been tried and tired. Would it kill them to break away from that?