The rest of the interview here.

I'm not too big of a Pokemon fan but it's good to see they are finally bringing a full-blown RPG to the Cube.

Sweet! Now if only I had a Gamecube. This is a game I've been waiting for for ages... :(

Why would they bring it to the GCN!?!

Bring it to the Revolution as a launch title and it'll sell tens of millions! :P

When entering this thread I though that 'XD' was an emoticon.

Anyway, I think it's a bit too late to be releasing this as it isn't going to boost sales (much).


Best left for the launch of the Revolution.

By that reasoning you could also say leave Zelda for the Revolution as well (in the rest of the interview Reggie says they still debating whether Mario 128 will be a Revolution or Cube title). Revolution won't be out in Japan for another 2 years at least. Xbox is the one they shouldn't make any more games for since it's successor is launching the soonest...

I didn't realise we still had that long a wait for the Revolution.

The following post is a bit off-topic... :D

Serious, 2 years? I thought it was like at the end of this year, or something :( I doubt, from those comments, that Mario 128 will be released on the Cube. It'd make plenty more sense if it was a launch for the Revolution. It does make me think, though, in that Ninty says that the Revolution will be revolutionary, but if they're able to release the game on either the Cube or the Revolution, then it can't be too much of a step to the left.

As for Pokemon...um, I'd left high school by the time it hit big, and only got back into gaming a couple of years back, so I don't know too much about it. Sounds a bit shit, to be honest :D

Ok, the 2 years thing is my opinion based on when Sony said they will release PS3 and the fact that Nintendo said they will launch around the same time as Sony. Sony is in no hurry to launch PS3 so I don't see them launching till end 2006 at the earliest.

Microsoft apparently will launch Xbox 2 (Xeneon whatever) at the end of this year in the US.

But anyway the above topic should be kept for another thread.

A 3D Pokemon RPG should be able to do what is in the Ruby and Sapphire games and much more. The Pokemon games aren't bad little games in themselves but the series is growing stale (they've just been throwing more and more Pokemon in the mix without really improving gameplay). Plus who can resist seeing your Pokemon in glorious 3D? And a fully 3D explorable world to boot.

Yeah, for a moment I thought it was some sort of joke given the XD

Still, I don't think I'm really going to bother with this unless they change the battle system and either make it real time (in that you call out commands but the pokemon are ultimately AI controlled) or turn based, tactics-style.

As for whether it should be on the cube or the revolution, I think it depends on how much longer the Pokemon franchise might remain the slightest bit popular. By the time it launches on the Revolution, it might be a tad passé if it's not already. Then again, if they take it in a new direction and maybe even have cities and fields on a GTA scale it could be quite phenomenal and establish the Revolution.

Um, last time I played a Pokemon game, it was turn-based. :huh:

Actually, what else is there apart from reatime or turn-based? :eyebrow:

I think he means if its gonna be turn based, it should at least be tactics style, ie the positioning matters.

I really think these games patronise us by giving us no time limit to select the attack. I mean come on, a steel snake is in front of you, so you select pikachu and give it a blast of electricity, or choose a water type, and do a water attack. What you don't do is select a rock type, because we all know steel beats rock. Its a tired old cliche and it hasn't changed since the beginning, I say add a time limit, or make it real time so that theres some speed and action to the preceedings. The trouble with the way it is now, is that if you have memorised the complete formulae for "what beats what" then the game is exactly the same difficulty from beginning to end.

Very little chance I'll get this, very little chance it'll be something new. That "if you like ruby and sapphire" comment may appeal to some, but we've seen ruby and sapphire, and we've seen pokemon on the cube.

While the "age of pokemon" seems to have come and gone, I can easily say that i'm quite excited about them finally bringing a true pokemon game to the cube. Despite the marketing, and all the hype and bullshit that goes along with a franchise to make you despise it, the core gameplay of pokemon is ALOT of fun.

I've been waiting for this game to be announced for a long while, and while they seemed to have left it a little late to really cash in, I still think it'll be a top game, and I personally, can't wait to see some more info regarding it.

I haven't played a Pokemon game proper since Blue, so I might be interested in this, but at this stage with next to nothing known about it, I'm not to sure.


I'm amazed that Pokemon is still as popular as it is. I remember around the time that the first movie was released, people were saying how it was just a fad and it wouldn't be long till it was forgotten completely. That was 7 years ago.

Even tamagotchi's have made a massive comeback, I get as many as 10 people coming in to work asking if we have them every day.

Note the part I've put in bold :P

I meant turn based in the sense that you take turns for each pokemon, but you also need to move around in the environment and some parts of the battlefield might give you an advantage - ie. being in water makes you a little more resistant to fire but screws you badly with electric attacks. And the speed determines who goes first, and how frequently their turns are.

And if they did do it in this style, it would be cool if you could just have all your pokemon out. That way you have greater opportunities for combo attacks. And I wonder if you'd have a presence in the battle for healing and giving items.

It's a conspiracy it is :argh:

I think it's great that Nintendo are making the game for GCN, the Revolution will be backwards compatible anyway, so non Cube owners that bought a Revolution (if it becomes really huge) could still buy the GCN games anyway.

Next generation is exciting, but still you should be happy that Nintendo are continuing to support the cube.

All I can say for now is it is about time they considered/are doing this. Now here's hoping they pull it off...

This is interesting news. When (and if, I guess) it does come out for the Cube, I'm gonna grab it. I never miss a chance to pretend that I am in year 11 again.

I'm with Kami, the game needs to have a battle system overhaul, it has for ages. Personally I think that battles should be done just like the anime. Have a 2D anime-styled one-on-one just like a Street Fighter game, where the player controls his or her pokemon. You could just control the trainer and issue out commands to the pokemon (use this attack, pull back from opponent, go on the defensive, etc.) and have the pokemon's intelligence increase with training so that it can avoid a simple charge move without you saying so, and stuff like that.

Point is that ultracrazy1 is spot on the money- the current battle system is boring and the same as every other pokemon game.

and pretty much the same as just about every RPG too.

*sets up Anti-ElPres Field*

I tihnk it would be interesting to not only have your pokemon controlled by AI, but even have all the commands given by voice (like Hey You! Pikachu)

Though if they do stick with the usual battling, they should at least change the movement so it actually looks like they're fighting them. I don't know for perhaps the more recent versions, but I remember on the N64 the thing I found most amusin aboutthe battles was that for physical attacks, it was a case of Pokemon A hits thin air, and then suddenly Pokemon B gets hit. I mean, if it's going to do a kick or a tackle or something, then you'd think it would actually hit it.