I’m still laughing that gamefreak is definitely taking a few ideas from LV5

but I for one welcome that because holy fuck:

a) region specific versions of already existing pokemon is fucking great because OF THE POSSIBILITIES, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES (Sure it might be kinda lazy but I think it’ll probably be great if pulled off well)

b)I’m hoping, REALLY HOPING, that it freshens the series enough that i can get more interested in it

thankfully they’ve (I think) made their inspiration varied enough that it doesn’t feel like they’re directly taking it

and if, best case scenario here, Lv5 sees what GF has improved on, they’ll start working on making theirs even better (that is if they make more games, idk i heard they may be starting to focus on other series) and this whole thing becomes a chain of improvements which is a win-win scenario for both series.

I know i’m being painfully optimistic here and i probably dont know how business works but hEY I LOVE BOTH YOKAI WATCH AND POKEMON AND THIS IS HOPEFULLY A STEP UP FROM STAGNANCY AND POSSIBLE SERIES DECAY

MAN I’M USING THE WORD HOPEFULLY A LOT IN THIS POST