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Pokemon devs share their favorite spin-offs, interest in making action and Rhydon Racing games

by rawmeatcowboy
15 August 2017
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Coming from Junichi Masuda...

"Pokémon Go! I am not sure if you can call that a spin-off title. Pokémon Go is experiencing something similar where people are saying, ‘Eh, it’s done. The fad’s over,’ but it was way worse than that after Gold and Silver had settled down and we were working on the next game."

Coming from director Shigeru Ohmori...

"I played a lot of Pokémon Snap. I got really into it. The most fun part for me – this may have been a Japan-only thing – but you could take your game to a convenience store and print out the photos you took and could use them like stickers and put them on things. I just had a lot of fun being able to take the photos in the game and print them out as things that I could use."

Masuda and Ohmori also shared spin-off ideas they'd like to create at some point.

First up was Masuda...

"It’s kind of an Easter Egg from X and Y, but Rhydon Racing was a thing in that world. There might be a message in there that I really want to create Rhydon racing."

Followed by Ohmori...

"I really want to try working on a real action-focused game. Of course, we’ve kind of got those already with fighting games as well so it’s hard to say what it would be. Like a 2D side-scrolling action game, maybe."

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