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Nnooo interview - first details on Pop Plus: VS, Nnooo once again discusses their idea for a Pokemon MMO
A portion of a WiiWare-World interview with Nic Watts of Nnooo…
WW: Can you tell us the difference between Pop Plus: Solo and Pop Plus: Versus?
NW: Pop Plus: Solo is single player only. In it you are competing against yourself, or swapping with your friends to take turns. We have focused the modes and price on the Solo version so you can have great fun battling bosses or taking on timed runs. As we have mentioned Pop Plus: Solo will feature 8 modes, 5 bonus rounds and plenty of badges.
Pop Plus: VS is planned to be a multiplayer follow up to the Solo version. This will feature just Multiplayer gameplay. The player will be able to create challenges as well as take part in multiplayer matches in Normal, Advanced, Adventure and Challenge modes. VS will be strictly local play and ideally we will have single cart play so if you have Pop Plus: VS then you can play with up to 3 other people by sharing the game with them. Cleverly DSi owners can share like this to both DS and DSi consoles so not all your friends need to have upgraded to take you on in multiplayer!
WW: Can you tell us a bit about your proposed Pokémon MMO concept? Do you intend it to be a full price Wii game, or a WiiWare release?
NW: Our concept for a Pokémon MMO would be a disc based game with disc based expansions. The central concept we have at the moment is really making the player feel what it is like to be a Pokémon trainer. We have some great ideas on how to make interfacing with the world and Pokémon much more fluid. In particular we love how in the cartoons Ash and his Pokémon wander around together and he shouts out commands to them. This is something we feel we have a solution for and would really bring the Pokémon world into the fore.
WW: Assuming for a moment that Nintendo doesn’t accept the proposal, is there a chance you could run with the idea but without the Pokémon branding?
NW: Yeah we have some other game ideas which we hope to start working on on WiiWare and DSiWare which could grow to become something similar to our MMO concept for Pokémon.