If Nintendo loves money so much why don't they make a Pokemon MMO and become kings of video games?

If Nintendo loves money so much why don't they make a Pokemon MMO and become kings of video games?

MMOs are hard.

Nintendo doesn't make pokemon games for one.

And Gamefreak is incompetent. How such a mediocre developer got their hands on one of the most profitable franchises of all time is beyond me.

>playing MMO's

>Ice only resists one type.
;-)

This thread again?
Pokemon isn't suitable for MMO gameplay, it would be just a glorified matchup system because they have a solid Turn Based battle system that won't go away ever.
And faggots still waiting for "muh real battles with pokemon" kind of gameplay already got Pokken

I'm hoping for some sort of interesting online functionality with the Switch game, but we probably won't even get that. An MMO would endlessly print money, but I think the reason they don't do it is so they're not robbing themselves of potential future mainline game buyers. Why would the average poor normalfag buy another mainline Pokemon if there was an MMO that was constantly being updated each generation? For the stories that haven't been good since gen 5?

Nintendo's online service is so far behind everyone else already and you think they could actually setup the infrastructure for an MMO?

can somebody make a proper grass ground texture? geez, is not that hard

"Pokemon MMO" is the classic phrase where just hearing it outs someone as a casual.

>Nintendo
>making Pokemon games
really should have an IQ test for OP's

Pokemon is an mmo

Make a pokemone mmo and just make it like Wizard 101, turn based combat that people can freely spectate

isn't there already a ton of bootleg pokemon MMOs out there using assets from pokemon emerald or some older pokemon games?

I’d much prefer a 5v5 Pokémon MOBA like Dota 2 but with the original 151

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Pokemon wouldn't work as an MMO without restricting you in ways that otherwise make Pokemon games enjoyable.

literally all they need to do is make a 3d pokemon game similar to the gameboy generations in terms of gameplay

just make the areas larger and focus on exploration and hidden pathways and secrets and shit

Because MMO's are shit
but at least they aren't this shit

if you played Pokemon games you'd realise how much of a re-balance would be necessary to make that work
it would likely be so far off from the gameplay of the mainline games that nobody would like it

don't we already have a pokemon MMO with the GO thing? And didn't that fade out of popularity in a few months?

MMos are pretty end game. They kill franchises. Playing with other people introduces risks.

>release MMO
>"wait, we can't sell 5 millions unit per year just by releasing half assed games anymore"

GF can't program worth a damn.

Well they made the franchise for one

>Ice type's one niche is that they're the dragonslayers, one of the only types that can kill dragons besides dragons themselves
>Water types also have access to ice type moves making ice types more worthless since water types aren't weak to all of the most common offensive types
>Add Fairy type which are also dragonslayers except with none of ice types weaknesses and its only weaknesses are uncommon offensive typings

What's the point of ice type again?

they're cool

>Spike Chunsoft puts in far more effort into creating a fun and engaging game series that actually changes it up outside of meta autism
>still will never be as popular as Game Freak's rushed messes
Why

yes it already exists and it is pretty fun

I wish they would make a new mystery dungeon with pixel graphics, but the more new pokemon they add the less likely it will happen

too bad the new games are shit

give water types coverage against grass and flying types.

There will be no mmo for pokemon till VR is mainstream then they cash out.

Maybe what ever comes after the switch when VR is cheeper.

I don't know what they were thinking with Super, almost everything feels rushed or slapped together.
>plot-wise half the cast just disappears halway through the game. All development is lost and led to absolutely nothing. Replacement cast is filled with flat characters with comic relief personalities.
>only three teammates allowed at a time, despite many plot-related dungeons giving you multiple allies
>break system attempts to encourage people to use different teams, but instead makes it so that hero and partner are the only mons you should always use. Speaking of, the entire story mode locks player/partner anyway, only filler days let you experiment.
>the game's insistence on adding overpowered enemies that one-shot, along with giving you a bunch of useful items nonstop like emeras and wands attempts to encourage players to try out items more. However, it ends up being that using items constantly is the only good option instead of mixing items and moves/killing enemies.
>missions aren't infinite/randomized, meaning there's no reason to ever replay the game once you're done filling out the connection orb (a relatively easy task)
>Meowth Theater, one of the two places with any semblance of challenge, is broken and its main function (sharing videos) doesn't work anymore.

pretty much

also no IQ system any more, that was fun improving partner AI and abilities

They where a bunch of rookies that found gold by accident.
They never wanted the fame or at least the responsibility that came with it. Fucking Satoshi Tajiri, the creator or Pokémon hasn't made a public appearance since 2006 nor have anything to do with the games since Ruby/Sapphire other than work on the battle mechanics. Speaking of which, the mechanic system is his baby and people want them to throw that shit away for a MMO/fresh take like le ebin Breath of the Wild shit.

while they love money, they love doing nothing even more

Because that's a fucking stupid idea. You would get nothing out of it besides seeing other faggots running around.

Its sad because you can totally see the shift in tone between the first two games and the rest that dont involvd his direct involvement. Red and Blue but moreso Gold and Silver seem a little more melancholy to me and not as 100% saccharine as the later games seem.

Also alot are given stats that are overall tanky and defensive in nature which ia completely wasted with ice typing