When you create your character on Pokédex, you get to choose a few things. First thing you choose is name -- not very exciting. Then you get to choose class, which provides minor benefits to finding certain Pokémon, and gives you a sprite a little different than the standard Pokémon Trainer sprite. Last thing you create is your home location -- more exciting than both latter and former! Your home will serve as a command center for you, allowing you to revive your Pokémon by shipping them out to a Pokécenter, get access to the Global Market (for both items and Pokémon), manage your PC and store your money.
The decision to make your home your Pokémon center is intended to make what would've been an otherwise frustrating game mechanic, into an easier to manage system. Pokémon centers will still exist, but will be the equivalent of a health oriented store with the ability to revive your Pokémon instantly. Currently, the idea is to peg the Pokécenters to Post Office locations, however, that may change.
The other neat function of the house is to serve as your bank. However, you have more options than just storing your money now. Since the newly named Pokéconomy is pinned to the real world economy, you can invest in items and resell them through your PC. So if you're unable to get out of your house for some reason, you can still get PokéDollars (unit of currency?) from your office chair or kitchen table.
Trading Pokémon through the Global Trading System will also be done through your PC. It will be completed similar to the way that trades are done in the Generation IV games, however, there will be a waiting period of a day or two to receive the Pokémon. It's expected, however, that trading will be a more infrequent thing in this game, due to the fact that Pokémon rarity is increased and as such, the value of Pokémon. If you want a Pokémon without wait time, you can visit a breeder. Breeders can be permanantly traded Pokémon as a form of payment, and these transactions will be completed instantly.
Lastly, you can release Pokémon from your PC into the wild. There's an added twist, though. If the location the Pokémon is released from is similar enough to it's native environment, and enough of that Pokémon are released in a similar time window in the same area, there's a slim chance of speciation. With any luck, this means that the Pokémon world will start out very divided (species wise) and slowly meld together to create a more interesting and diverse population!
"Lastly, you can release Pokémon from your PC into the wild. There's an added twist, though. If the location the Pokémon is released from is similar enough to it's native environment, and enough of that Pokémon are released in a similar time window in the same area, there's a slim chance of speciation. With any luck, this means that the Pokémon world will start out very divided (species wise) and slowly meld together to create a more interesting and diverse population!"
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted that! I'm looking forward to this game. Of course, this would exclude legendaries, who would stand there, and not reproduce while waiting for another trainer to catch them.
Legendaries when released would disappear. This happens because there is only one of each legendary Pokémon in the entire game. You have to wait around until a special event is announced, and then you can try and catch them. For instance, you want to catch Mewtwo. His location is rumored to be at the top of Mount St. Helens. It's recommended that you have a full lineup of Pokémon above level 50. You'll be able to hike up a trail, and then low and behold, on your iPhone you'll see an abandoned research facility. If you have fulfilled the prerequisites you can enter the facility like you would enter a store and then engage the legendary Pokémon.
ReplyDeleteOf course, there are quite a few legendary Pokémon, so these would get spread across the US in different events. Be prepared to make a bit of a trip to catch them, though!
The legendaries should stay there for the trainer until caught though. So, on [insert date here], [Mewtwo] will appear at [Mt. St. Helens].
ReplyDeleteWould stay there permanently, or it would be there, then continue moving to renowned locations until caught by that trainer?
But releasing to areas is pretty cool. However, there would have to be at least one of each nature released there. Also, ditto being released with other Pokemon can make them reproduce. Unown should be an event, where a library (words) is full of Unown, and they move every week.