If I Could Set VGC16 rules
Sep 6, 2015, 12:40 PM
I have little experience with the format so I am the last person to say what has to change. But here's a thought:
I believe that Gamefreak should experiment by making the season 11 battlespot rules the official VGC16 rules. Reading those rules it sprang to mind that the company might be searching for a rotation system a bit similar to a card game. I'm a bit curious to see what will happen to the game if a system would be installed where the top X most popular pokémon from the last 2 seasons are not allowed to be used. Will it be more entertaining for anaudience that wants to see a more obvious variety?
What I've seen in many card games is a rotation system to keep the amount of cards to choose from limited and strategies "more alive" (as those companies like to say). Old sets rotate out and new sets come in, popular strategies aren't as viable as they used to be since the strong cards eventually rotate out of the format and new cards offer new (and sometimes better) options. Players are forced to constantly adjust and change their decks and strategies..or wait for a reprint and hope those cards are still usable then.
This may also be a viable system when applied to a video game series as long-lasing as pokémon. Pick the top 10 most popular pokémon from last season and don't allow them to be used for 2 seasons before rotating in again. By the time a new game comes out with new mechanics, strategies and adjustments they pokémon that rotate back in have to be used diffrently than the last season they were used. Of course a card game is different from a video game, but looking at the season 11 battlespot rules makes me think Gamefreak is experimenting with something similar. I thought Gamefreak was already trying to go in that direction when they introduced the KallosDex only rule in 2014.
I believe that Gamefreak should experiment by making the season 11 battlespot rules the official VGC16 rules. Reading those rules it sprang to mind that the company might be searching for a rotation system a bit similar to a card game. I'm a bit curious to see what will happen to the game if a system would be installed where the top X most popular pokémon from the last 2 seasons are not allowed to be used. Will it be more entertaining for anaudience that wants to see a more obvious variety?
What I've seen in many card games is a rotation system to keep the amount of cards to choose from limited and strategies "more alive" (as those companies like to say). Old sets rotate out and new sets come in, popular strategies aren't as viable as they used to be since the strong cards eventually rotate out of the format and new cards offer new (and sometimes better) options. Players are forced to constantly adjust and change their decks and strategies..or wait for a reprint and hope those cards are still usable then.
This may also be a viable system when applied to a video game series as long-lasing as pokémon. Pick the top 10 most popular pokémon from last season and don't allow them to be used for 2 seasons before rotating in again. By the time a new game comes out with new mechanics, strategies and adjustments they pokémon that rotate back in have to be used diffrently than the last season they were used. Of course a card game is different from a video game, but looking at the season 11 battlespot rules makes me think Gamefreak is experimenting with something similar. I thought Gamefreak was already trying to go in that direction when they introduced the KallosDex only rule in 2014.
