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It is hard to believe Nintendo has neglected a real multiplayer Pokémon game for so long. A MMORPG would be an _obvious_ money maker for a company that so many see to be in trouble.

Even if it was only for their own proprietary consoles..

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Funny enough, I've always held Pokémon to be the perfect intersection between a massively multiplayer game and an alternate-reality game. After you've completed the main quest, the endgame is you roaming the in-game world and collecting pokémon, while meeting people in the real world and having your in-game worlds interact by battling each other, trading pokémon and more, in the newer games.

I think an actual Pokémon MMORPG just wouldn't be the same really.

It would be fun as a augmented reality game with smartphones.

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