Quote from Spawnblade
but they could have easily moved towards a system where you actually take control of the pokemon in a real time battle similar to Custom Robo, with various environments and the like.
The main series is about being a trainer, not an actual Pokemon. I'd like to see a Pokemon game where you play as a Pokemon (different to the Mystery Dungeon games, they are fun but repetitive), but that's not what the main series is about. It's about you as a trainer giving orders to your Pokemon. As for story, yeah, that is my main problem with Pokemon. But then again, it is mostly aimed at kids, if they have a complex story then most of their target audience won't get it.
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