10 Changes All Future Pokémon Games Need To Make

It is no easy thing to jump into the competitive scene of any game as a newcomer, but it is nigh-on impossible with Pokémon, and the developers are not making it any easier. With Pokémon, many of these challenges are not only present but exacerbated by the game's nature.

The player must build a team, where each has its own unique statistics and move sets, which might be manageable on its own, but then there are the ways to influence stats. There are Individual Values (IVs) which a Pokémon is given, and there is nothing to change that, so there is the time that goes into breeding six Pokémon with just the right stats for their species, which varies wildly.

Then there are Effort Values (EVs), which a player must train against specific Pokémon to enhance the natural stats of their team.

Though the stats are ridiculous for newcomers to take to immediately, the constant switching of features, weakening or strengthening moves at a whim between generations, they all make for an unwieldy beast of a game.

Despite Pokémon being a primarily single player game, it promises a rich multiplayer scene, but is then impossible for anyone not already well-versed in the game to join.