The first details about the future fifth generation of Pokemon games has emerged. We don't know much as of now, but as previously reported, Joystiq has stated that "every aspect will be reborn innovatively." So it is looking as though this is the series overall that people have been expecting.
I'm glad that they are reverting back to colours and not more stones. I'm surprised it's for the DS and not the 3DS though. I expecting there to be some kind of 3DS functionality though, as Gamefreak have been in possession of the 3DS dev kits for quite some time now.
To all the people complaining that they want things to change, I feel as though they are missing the point and just complaining for changes sake. There's lots of games where they change up the formula, they're called spinoffs. Stadium, Collosseum, XD, Ranger, Mystery Dungeon, Puzzle League, there are ALOT of them.
The Pokémon main series games are supposed to be the same formula, refined every generation. As those generations go on, the changes will get smaller and smaller as the game gets closer and closer to being perfectly balanced. They'll throw in some small thing like the two on two battles, the talents, the hold-items, the side-contests, and figuring out how it can fit into what they've already established, but overall, you can expect a turn-based RPG where you travel across a land visiting 8 gyms for their badges, faint hundreds of wild-monsters while training up, perhaps catch one or two of each, trade for what you don't have, go after the Elite 4, and check out what end-game content they have while going after the legendaries. Changing the formula as drastically as some people suggest would require an entirely new balancing act to start taking place, while throwing out all the refinements they've made to the series so far.
The Pokémon main series games are supposed to be the same formula, refined every generation. As those generations go on, the changes will get smaller and smaller as the game gets closer and closer to being perfectly balanced. They'll throw in some small thing like the two on two battles, the talents, the hold-items, the side-contests, and figuring out how it can fit into what they've already established, but overall, you can expect a turn-based RPG where you travel across a land visiting 8 gyms for their badges, faint hundreds of wild-monsters while training up, perhaps catch one or two of each, trade for what you don't have, go after the Elite 4, and check out what end-game content they have while going after the legendaries. Changing the formula as drastically as some people suggest would require an entirely new balancing act to start taking place, while throwing out all the refinements they've made to the series so far.
I expect there to be some significant changes to the series, but I don't believe that the core ideas and philosophies will change. Expect some interesting details to emerge on the 15th.
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