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One game that I have never been able to tire of is Pokemon. I have every single version of it I'm sure. I am currently playing Pokemon LeafGreen. I even have Pokemon Snap, and dag-nabbit I love it. But the more I play the more I feel there is a great opportunity to make something really amazing. I think there is so much potential for Pokemon MMORPG. I know it would not have nearly the following of the traditional WoW type MMO game but I think all those closet poke fans would really appreciate it. Whenever I talk about my favorite Pokemon installment with fellow players we always say we like the same series. Pokemon Silver, Gold, and Crystal were the best games mainly because its the longest game. As the sequels to the ground breaking Blue, Red and Yellow you could travel to both Johto and Kanto. I remember when I first realized you could go to both, I was in the 6th grade I think and I was elated. The problem with Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond and Pearl is that once I beat the Pokemon League I'm not really motivated to play much longer, despite the fact that I really want to.

So I'm gonna lay out the plans for my MMORPG. I'm going to use several WoW comparisons because for many people MMORPG and WoW are synonymous. First off theres the map, playable lands. There are infinite possibility's for different environments but you wouldn't even need to make new ones up, there are so many you have to work with. There are Kanto, Sevii Islands, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Orange Islands, Orre, Fiore, The Elite 4, and Pokemon Stadium. Each one can be a different land with exclusive Pokemon for each one and 8 different gyms.

Each land would have many gyms. Similar to the video games series, one uses the badges to gain points, respect, and obedience from your Pokemon. The badges can be a way of leveling your trainer up like in WoW. You would also have the opportunity to see, approach, and capture wild Pokemon. And once caught one can level up the Pokemon for battle, similar to the Hunters in WoW. Just like in WoW there would be quests, and missions that would get you ExP, items, and money.

As you can tell by my reasoning here I want the MMORPG to be basically the same as the video game series in plot, goals, and characters, just on a grander scale.

Basically it would be all the games put together(there will be a camera option for all you pokesnap-maniacs), but limitless. Theres no where you can't go, there's no achievement that means you have nothing else to do. The highest lvl would be 100 not 70.

> Characters:
> Trainer-Specializes in training.
> Nurse-Specializes in healing.
> Ranger-Captures.
> Photographer[jaykay]-Take ultra-cute pictures!
> Team Rocket[bad guys]-Works for the enemy.


Obviously trainer would be the obvious choice, but there could be little extras to make each trainer different aside from the way they look. One can have the option of being a certain type of trainer, water, fire, evolution, and so on.

This idea of a Pokemon MMORPG is hardly original, many people have been talking about it for years. There are even sites where people have attempted to make their own.A website called Pokemononline.org



I think now is the perfect time to start making this. WoW is only getting bigger and new MMO's like Star Trek are coming out in the near future. Nintendo, get on this!

Also, my favorite Pokemon is Squirtle.

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