Comments on What Pokémon GO Needs to Keep Thriving: Veteran MMO Game Designer Raph Koster ExplainsTypePad2016-07-14T22:35:48ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2016/07/pokemon-go-raph-koster-mmo/comments/atom.xml/Hawk commented on 'What Pokémon GO Needs to Keep Thriving: Veteran MMO Game Designer Raph Koster Explains'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01bb0921a387970d2016-07-21T22:19:30Z2016-07-21T22:19:30ZHawkWell, as soon as you added trading between players, the original Pokemon games became mmos. They became games where the...<p>Well, as soon as you added trading between players, the original Pokemon games became mmos. They became games where the actions of many other players might or might not impact you.</p>Adeon Writer commented on 'What Pokémon GO Needs to Keep Thriving: Veteran MMO Game Designer Raph Koster Explains'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef01b7c87b99a0970b2016-07-15T03:56:26Z2016-07-15T03:56:26ZAdeon WriterThe problem is Pokemon has never been an MMO. The main series has always been a singleplayer game, and yes,...<p>The problem is Pokemon has never been an MMO. The main series has always been a singleplayer game, and yes, Pokemon never die in Nintendo's world, no matter how many fights they lose or how long they get abandoned - and it's too late to change that.</p>
<p>The kicker is currently the game only includes Generation 1 Pokemon (series of pokemon are referred to as Generations, with Gen 1 being the 151 characters on the original 90's)</p>
<p>So as far as avoiding being a fad, they only have to start releasing the Gen 2 characters as soon as profit starts dipping. Then Gen 3. Then 4. The games are currently on 7, so that's 7 major updates to keep the game alive.</p>
<p>Plus they can do smaller updates like add the very popular Pokemon-Amie features which turns Pokemon from a collectathon to a virtual pet mini-game.</p>
<p>Lots of room to expand - this is Pokemon. They know what they're doing.</p>