Map Mechanics/Features Ideas

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Use this thread to discuss mechanics or features you would like to see on the map!

Some questions to ponder:
How can riding Pokemon be made more viable?
How can rollerskates use be enhanced by in-game map features?
What other things could trainers interact with?
What biomes should be represented in a Pokemon game?
What are some other ways we can encounter and catch Pokemon?

Have fun brainstorming

[victor08912]

A cool but probably very challenging idea is to make it an open world style game where you can fly to each town and actually see everything in it. this would even allow you to land at any part of any town. If a place needs to be blocked off due to story progression you could add a weather effect that makes you turn around on the mon you're flying on.

[Floette]

Rather than all wild encounters being about battling and capturing through trials of strength, you could have different kinds of Pokémon encounters such as a hide-and-seek with a Pokémon such as Eevee, or you could give a sick Pokémon a berry which would make it trust you and like you enough to go along with you.

You could also have "abandoned" Pokémon from trainers who have released their Pokémon as a kind of rare encounter of Pokémon you definitely wouldn't see in that sort of condition like Ash encountering Charmander.

[Galom]

For some reason I want it to be a very northern, cold region, but I could see this not working.

[Floette]

Apr 22, 2015 14:45:33 GMT 1 Galom said:

For some reason I want it to be a very northern, cold region, but I could see this not working.

You could have it set in Iceland...lots of coastline, volcanoes (fire and ice again ) and really just a barren land that only seems to spring into life in...well...spring. The regional bird would be a raven as ravens are pretty common there.

[Devoxys]

-We should REALLY reintroduce Walking Pokemon
-More Ice/Moss Rock evolution things
-Pokeflute to attract certain Pokemon
-Fake Bushes/Trees/Grass etc., just like how we have with Item balls
-More to come

[theburgerking99]

I like the idea of the kind of south american / mexican type map, so a rainforest biome would be cool to have.

[theaura]

Have there been cars in Pokemon World? It would be nice to have some cars moving along, that will need wider walking places and then maybe we can have a car race area as a mini game, where some areas need your pokemon to do stuff. I know this will be vv tough to implement but i guess it will be cool.

[Deleted]

theaura, it probably depends on where we base it off of. There could be plenty of vehicles like cars, motorcycles, bikes, etc... active NCPs would be a pretty kewl feature!

[Saverdien]

Will we be having day and night feature? I kinda have an idea for an ability if this feature will exist

[Deleted]

Saverdien, sure wynaut. It adds another layer to the game... What's your idea?

[Devoxys]

More Suggestions:
-PEOPLE RECOGNIZE YOU AS THE CHAMPION
-An IV teller would be cool
-Shallow Water that you can walk through, sometimes you might find a Pokemon!
-A Shard Digging Game

[Saverdien]

Apr 26, 2015 0:50:37 GMT 1 @snackismybae said:

Saverdien, sure wynaut. It adds another layer to the game... What's your idea?

If I could submit more than one thread for abilities at a time, then I could show it :x

[Deleted]

Saverdien, PM me the thing or whatever I still want to see. Or you could post it here as an unofficial thing but call dibs lol.

[Spieky]

ridable mons.

[Deleted]

Spieky, that already happened, but we could probably expand on it more.

[Spieky]

yeah aren't there only like 2 you can ride in xy?

[Deleted]

Spieky, yeh pretty much... I feel like that would be a good feature to implement. Beats out running shoes by a lot...

[Snaquaza]

Also, I'd like there to be an abandoned city of an old civilization in a dense jungle. The building would be a ruin and half-destroyed, and overgrown by all the plants. There'd still be stairs, but there would also be many obstacles which hinder your sidequest to go to the top of the tower.

[Devoxys]

We could introduce different types of rideable mons. Some can be fast like Mach Bike, some can be for stunts like the Acro Bike, and more. I got an interesting idea for a Pokemon like Dodrio, where if go fast enough, you can do a jump to fly over grass, trainers, and go to new ares.

[Saverdien]

Idk if a feature like this already exists, but a hard version after having beaten the E4, where trainers are a lot more tougher and whatnot would be cool to see.

[theaura]

Why not a new type of Final Battle Tournament, not like the anime, nor the E4, something else entirely?

[Snaquaza]

Maybe the final battle tournament could be once a month. Players who have gathered 8 badges or more could sign up and join the tournament to become the champion of the region. If you win the tournament, you can fight the champion. If you win that, your'e the new champion and get your name recorded in places and stuff. It's basically the anime stuff, but with actual players.

Yes, this would require Wifi but would be awesome if possible.

[Deleted]

We could have the Elite 4 and Pokemon League in-game, and then have like a Battle Tower sort of thing for tournaments. But now we're veering off "Map Mechanics and Features" and getting into "General Game Mechanics"

Snaquaza, we need a Mechanics Board.

[Snaquaza]

All what you talked about was about Maps. Mechanics is how certain things work in battles, and can be handled in the main Pokemon board.