What do you want to see in a Pokemon game?

[feicui]

A long time ago on pokemon there was a post about What kind of Pokemon game would you want? Or what kind of features you'd like to see.

We've been through a few main game generations since then - they even added some features I'd wanted back in the day! - so I thought I'd bring this back.

Comments

[soc_puppet]

Oh! A female main villain who isn't weirdly gendered.

I have such mixed feelings about Lusamine. On the one hand, I've been wanting a female main villain for aaaaaages; on the other hand, the fact that her being a lousy mother is tied into her villainy is... kinda gross, to me? Closest we get to that with the male villains is Giovanni and Silver, and that's not nearly as clearly developed. The way the story is shaped in Sun/Moon+, her being a bad mother is part of what makes her a villain; the way she's over-controlling of Lillie (and of Gladion before he ran away), how she prioritizes Pokemon over her children, etc. It links her motherhood, and therefore her womanhood, with her villainy in a way that makes me distinctly uncomfortable.

Pokemon Company, just take one of your usual male villains and genderflip 'em! I want a lady who wants to take over the world, dammit >:(