If the game doesnt take place in the past I think the man who went through a terrible series of wars and then made a nuke powered by other Pokemon and then after seeing the bonds of pokemon stop the nuke again getting to reunite with his Floette would perhaps take interest in the redesign of a city that's focused on building the harmony between people & Pokemon even further.
Or he's somewhere else in the world (or exploring the world) catching up for lost time with a cherished friend he hasn't seen for ~3000 years. As I said, it's not that I don't think he would appear in a modern-based game, but he would just be a cameo likely after the main story and, metawise, to give the player an Eternal Floetta.
Also, it's not like AZ showed any interest in "the harmony between people & Pokemon". Guy's main goal was just seeing his Floetta again, he spent the last 3k years being a loner traveling all over the world. While he would likely would agree people and Pokemon should live in harmony, it's no more than the average person. "
So they're redesigning Lumiose City to better build the harmony and beauty between people and Pokemon? That's nice to hear, maybe me and Floette will visit the next time we're back in Kalos. I left the future in the hands of those kids, Kalos right now is their Kalos; I'm just a visitor from a Kalos long gone".
Fair point, but again: He's Trevor. Don't get me wrong, anything's possible with adept enough writing, but will GF be interested in spending time on such a niche-at-best character when they're gonna have a big pool of other more popular guys and new characters to work on?
oh god this is an indictment against emma isnt it i keep forgetting nobody besides me cares about her shitshitshitshitshitshit
I'm not saying he's going to be a main character. Look at the previous Legends game and all the people either part of the
Galaxy Team or
Jubilife Village. We had a lot of named NPCs, mainly because they gave us at least one side quest or had a function/mechanic.
Also, sure in XY Trevor wasn't anything notable, but he's still a character people who played XY will recognize & in-world he is one of the five kids who saved Kalos and the world. And he doesn't have to remain an unnoteworthy character, if this game takes place in modern Kalos they could give him a bigger or at least more notable role. Like I can see Trevor filling a similar role Cyllene did, or maybe being an official assistant to Sycamore; eitherway he'd likely give you objectives and quests to do.
Nobody forgets Emma if they played XY's post game, it's just that oddly there are people who stopped playing XY after done with the main story as if they never played a Pokemon game before. Though you're right that Emma is essentially the "protector" of Lumiose City, so in a mdoern-based game surely she would have some role.
Don't you dare doubt my GOAT for one singular second, you peon. BONDING TIME IS FOREVER
Hey, if you're angry at me,
you're not going to like the rest of the internet.
Also
GF made it weird.
Also, addendum to my expected list of returning characters: While he won't be showing up himself for obvious reasons, I am expecting the introduction of a Lysandre kid.
I can't see Lysandre being the type of guy who would have a family on the side. Maybe a brother, sister or cousin? One he sees as a failure or knows would disagree with his vision so decided to cut them off and leave them out of Team Flare (aka leaving them to die with the rest of the world population). Because I can't help but feel they would be a higher-up in Team Flare and right with him when getting the Ultimate Weapon ready. But no, no Lysandre family to speak of.
What happens to Sycamore, Emma, the XY friends etc when they suddenly face their counterparts from potentially a decade or more down the road? Do the new versions take the old's places as the "defaults"? These questions are probably why they haven't added Alola Red and Blue yet, but they're not gonna be able to dodge them for much longer.
Well has Masters ever addressed the strange timeline inconsistencies that it has? Like, as you pointed out, we have teenage Red & Blue at the same time as the Alola trainers. Speaking of Alola, we know some time has passed between XY and SM because of Dexio & Sina but XY trainers and SM trainers are as they appeared in their game. We have FRLG Misty standing beside HGSS Brock. Like they have an easy explaination why via Lear's Hoopa, but has any character realized it and said it?
Even as a certified Unova hater, (...)
Unova fans might have legit shot themselves in the foot with how vocal they are over it, there's a legit chance they might not get to see that region for the next 5-10 years.
Oh well, can't say I'm not happy about it.
So, here's a question: Why is there a sudden surge of Unova hate after the Direct?
Like, before the Direct, aside from murmurs of a possible BW remake from people here and there (or jokes/faint hope of a BW3), I don't remember anyone really talking about Unova. No building it up, no group making noise how Unova is the best region ever. No, at most was worries about how would a BW remake be handled due to the DP remake and also how they'd handle BW2.
Then, after the Direct, suddenly I'm seeing people going "HAHA! Cry Unova fans, they skipped your gen! F*** YOU!".
Like, HUH? Where did THAT come from? Am I missing something? And yes, I am a Unova fan, though with word of Switch 2 coming out next year I was keeping my expectations low (not that I really join in Direct speculation). I know I'm not being attacked directly, but still feel people are suddenly hating on Unova for no particular reason.
Would no one have been excited if they did a Unova thing?
Had ILCA been allowed to use Platinum as the base (and Hisui mons programmed in), we'd be talking about how that was the best thing the franchise could've ever done and that Sinnoh saved the franchise again. (It did, but it doesn't get the credit it deserves.)
I still say GF tied ILCA's hands behind their back and forced a lot of restrictions on them. I don't think we have actually seen a Pokemon game made by ILCA, ILCA was pretty much just given Diamond & Pearl and told to transfer it into 3D and change as little as possible.