Of course, I know it depends on the mechanics, but I'm speaking conceptually. Like, technically speaking, it would be a compromise, since you'd have an entire dex with exclusive mechanics, and the developers could focus on exclusive Pokémon. Then we could have, for example, a greater number than we had in mega evolutions, for example.
by InuMatte
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We’d end up with another Charizard form
Kinda bad overall.
For VGC it’d be fine as it stops things like tera-shedinja becoming a thing, and there are lots of cool team compositions which would still be new (mega Pokémon alongside any gen 8-9 Pokémon for a start).
But that would also mean there will be no new Megas, Z-moves, or Gigantamax forms for Pokémon outside those regions, which is a loss overall as each mechanic had more potential to explore than we got in-game (personally I believe Gigantamax was so badly received they dropped it mid generation, with the second DLC for SwSh adding 0 new forms, but the idea of a max Pokémon affecting the field with it’s moves has tons of potential to explore in-game).
Probably bad.
I don’t want gen 1 favoritism, but the mechanic should be flexible to use.
I do not want something awful like Dynamax/Gigantamax, which could only be used on like 8 fights the whole game (amongst a hundred other bad things about it).
I think Z-Moves and Terastalize applying to everything and usable anywhere were typically “good”. But they were not as exciting as Mega Evolution.
I don’t like it because they tend not to stick around. Megas are coming back and I have mixed feelings about that, but I don’t need a gimmick to my Pokémon game. Just give me a good mix of Pokémon and a cool game world and a good story and I’m set.
Just for clarification’s sake what I don’t like about Megas is that they turn back so it’s basically Digimon at that point. The concept is cool, it’s just not original enough to wow me.