Plus: Gen 8!
I discuss these issues and much more with Steranka below.
How intentional is this, as the game works within the finite number of Pokemon available generally?
Steranka:Even before I read that on reddit, I was doing the analysis.
We want to constantly provide players something fun and exciting to chase.
We also know there’s a finite amount of Pokemon, at least released in the main series games.
And so [we’re] really trying to think about what’s next there.
How do we keep things exciting without needing to rely solely on a brand new release of Pokemon?
That it is top of line for us.
But you know what you’re saying isn’t news to me.
Do you feel the need to let players complete their Mega Dex before going into something else?
Or will Megas be something players are going to be chasing still for a while to come?
What will do that Pokemon justice for how epic you know they are?
Would it make sense to launch Gen 8 and Gigantamax around the same time?
Steranka:We’ve definitely been thinking a lot about Gen 8 for a while in Pokemon Go.
As time goes on, more players hit Pokemon Go’s current Level 50 cap.
Is your thinking around expanding that cap changing over time, as more people get there?
Of continuing the grind, going after an accomplishment.
It’s definitely something we’ve talked about a good amount.
Fixing that that root challenge is something that will have to go hand-in-hand.
How would you do that?
That’s it’s not just about grinding.
I remember the days of evolving Pidgeys.
Steranka:It was interesting, it was brutal.
Feedback to the character creator update this year was mixed.
Are there still changes you’d like to make there?
We knew that that was going to be a challenging one for us.
There was a lady on that piece of artwork as well who’s still to debut.
Any news on where she’s at?
So I wouldn’t look to that as a definitive roadmap of any given year in Pokemon Go.
When Mateo did pop up, he mentioned something about being interested in XXS Pokemon.
We always want to confirm players can find value in the different Pokemon they have in their inventory.
Is that something that you’d like to see changed?
We want you to go out and explore places and not feel like you might’t spin new gyms.
Steranka:That feature saturation point can be really tricky.
We’re about to see a completely new generation of players potentially coming into the game.
They never played any of the main series games and never watched the anime.
They discovered Pokemon through Pokemon Go and that was a really enlightening moment for me.
