Pokemon Go

When I first heard of Pokemon Go I was tentatively excited. As a huge fan of both Pokemon and augmented reality, this game was a big deal. It could bring more people into the franchise that has been slowly dying since it hit it's peak in the late 90's/early 2000's. It would also be one of the first examples of AR available to the public. After downloading it on day one and playing for about two days I was done. You see, Pokemon Go just isn't that fun. To me. Others seem to love it and hey, good for them. I have been playing the Pokemon games since Red version, and would consider myself an expert when it comes to useless Pokemon knowledge. So when I see this dumbed down swiping game that has 150 of the 700+ pokemon, I can't not be disappointed. That and the fact that people are being very stupid about the whole thing. Breaking into places, mugging people, walking off a cliff (actually happend, what the hell!?) Here is my idea for what could make Pokemon Go better. Instead of catching a bunch of Pokemon to make the ones you caught stronger, implement a battle system much more like the main games. Everyone can only have 6 mon's at a time and they get stronger by battling others. Yeah that would take away from some of the fairness, but their would be no downside to losing, you can still get points for useless crap regardless of you winning or losing. Make Gyms a place where battling and training are actually a big deal. And have AI Gym Leaders that change regularly. Every month every player that has beaten 8 Leaders can participate in a timezone specific championship to see who is the best trainer. The only reward for that would be having your name on a leaderboard that says how great you are for devoting so much time to looking at your phone. Until something like that happens I will not be playing Pokemon Go. I would rather stick to the main games when it comes to being a Pokemon Master.

Requested by Sid_Vicious72