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Topic: What if Squeenix made the next Pokemon game?

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SonicMaster

it would have an EPIC SOUNDTRACK.

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HolyMackerel

Square-Enix games typically aren't "mature anime"; they're much closer to shonen anime. That is, action series for male tweens and teens, often featuring a little existentialism or clever plotting which helps them appeal to older audiences and gives them a veneer of intelligence. (Which is not to say that there aren't incredibly intelligent shonen series.) SE games are designed with this in mind because shonen series sell ridiculously well in Japan and shonen anime-esque games seem to do the same.

There are plenty of games which have excellent stories but don't try to be "KAWAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII", or even fall into the standard-fare anime tropes. From both the east and the west. And they aren't "quirky weird" either. To name a few: Panzer Dragoon, Genso Suikoden, Fallout, Arcanum, Baldur's Gate, Planescape Torment, Metal Gear Solid (the first one anyway), Portal, Silent Hill, myriads of 80s and 90s PC titles.

If anything, recent FF titles have lost their appeal to me because they do try to emulate current anime-isms when storytelling has already been done in games in a more sophisticated fashion. And they are pushing that shonen anime style more than ever before, and my interest in such series has been waning as of late.

P.S. Using WaltzElf's own expression, a lot of recent SE games might, in a similar sense, be called "KAKKOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII".

Edited on by HolyMackerel

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Joeynator3000

randomly starts imagining if Team Ninja made the next Pokemon game... xD

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Joeynator3000

Pokemon would be more like Ninja Gaiden, lol. (not that I ever played those games, but assume its somewhat similar to Other M)
And it would have some beach volleyball minigame with all the female gym leaders. xD

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Keep it PG-13-ish.

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CanisWolfred

BellGoRiiing wrote:

Pokemon would be more like Ninja Gaiden, lol. (not that I ever played those games, but assume its somewhat similar to Other M)
And it would have some beach volleyball minigame with all the female gym leaders. xD

I can assure you that the battles would be a helluva lot more interesting to watch, that's for sure. And even if they kept the old artists, that Volleyball mini-game would heat things up real quick.

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HolyMackerel

All of the Pokemon would have breast physics. Snorlax... here's looking at you. |:

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