What DON'T you want to see in Gen 8?

Definitely Z-moves and ultra beasts for me. I'm just not a fan of either.

 

I wish they would remove Z-Moves as well, they felt very played out mainly due to the extended cut length of their scenes. Perhaps if they added an option to no longer perform the scene and just use the move, I would be more interested.

 

I'm a huge fan of the UBs and Z-Moves, so I definitely want to see those continue. (Out of curiosity, what don't you like about them?)

I personally hope we don't have to face EVERY gym with that "You need to have a Supereffective Type to enter this gym." One at the start is already too much. What if I wanna do a mono Fire type huh? HUH?!

 

I don't like the one-shot aspect of z-moves. To me, it just takes the fun out of the game. Also I think UBs were cool but I don't think they have a place in Pokémon. I'd rather explore this Pokémon world rather than continue into other worlds that will constantly out-do the regular Pokémon we know. I don't see it being a healthy move for the franchise.

 

I would say Mega-Evolutions, but it seems like that's not going anywhere, so... oh well.

 

Z-Moves and new UB's, also I don't want the game to be handholdy. Never use the Z-moves due to the long cutscene, never use the UB because their designs are too alien for me, and for Arceus' sake I have played all other gens, I know how to stinking play.

 

I'm gonna go with Z- Moves too. I just wasn't a fan of them. Can't say why, I just wasn't interested in them at all for some reason.
I loved the UBs and I hope they make more of them sometime in the future.

 

Just one thing(Call me a genuner if you want to): Inanimate Pokémon

We have too much(And one more). They are very boring and uncreative. Anyone can think of an inanimate Pokémon. They are just a creation of a 3 three-year-old kid.

Yes, I know. Some of them are really cool while some are the combination of both animate object and animate(Like Blastoise) but some are downright stupid. Take gen 5(The "worst" gen in the series). We have literal chunks of rock, ice cream cones, snowflake, and garbage. Just why gamefreak? Why?

Sorry for the anger but I really really hate inanimate Pokémon(especially in the later gens). Only gen 1-4 have good inanimate Pokémon in both design and competitive.

 

Z-Moves and Trials
I want my good old gyms back and more megas.

 

I wasn’t that big a fan of Alolan forms and I don’t want to see more region-specific forms

 

Alolan Forms were cool and all, but can they please, PLEASE stay Gen 7 specific? What goes on in Alola stays in Alola.
No more trials and Z-Moves. GYMS.
An option to skip tutorials. Games back on the GBA did that!

Aaaand... FRIENDLY RIVALS. Calem/Serena and Hau were bland and boring at best, Shauna is just filler, and don't even get me started on Tierno and Trevor. DON'T.

 

Trials, Z-Moves, basically most of the stuff we see in gen 7. I prefer the old-fashioned gym battles. I'd also like to see a better-developed villain organization, as the ones we've had were literally just clones of each other.

I honestly don't mind friendly rivals. As a casual player, they annoy me less than the unfriendly ones.

 

HM's returning. It was a relief to see them gone for once, so I'd really like for Gamefreak to not bring them back. I don't think we need more Z-Moves either, so I'd rather those didnt take priority.

 

Friendly rivals. I'm just not a fan. I mean, if I'm going to be battling somebody over and over again, can't it be somebody who is a jerk so that I don't feel like a jerk for beating them up all the time? And they can go ahead and develop into a decent person, but I just don't like the going from a nice but kinda weak person to a nice and supposedly strong trainer.

 

Another rubbish under-developed gimmick that never comes back in any significant fashion after Gen VIII. Gen V had Triple/Rotation battles, Gen VI had Mega Evolution, and Gen VII has Z-Moves which will probably go the same way. None of these things was ever really expanded upon in any significant fashion outside of the generation it was introduced in, and felt like a lazy addition rather than a proper, well thought-out game mechanic. I'd like them to actually put some effort in for a change and either expand upon existing things or just not have a new thing, and not introduce yet another new thing they'll completely forget about after Gen VIII ends.

 

Here's my list of unwanted events, Pokémon, or game mechanics.

1. Tutorials of any kind. If a child can figure out how to use a smart phone, even they don't need to know how to battle, throw a ball, or catch Pokémon.
2. Cut down on the amount of eggs needed to hatch a shiny Pokémon.
3. Better colors for certain shiny Pokémon, like the green ones, and lighter or darker colored shinies.
4. Strike certain Pokémon from the Pokédex, they can go extinct for all I care. Quality over quantity. Thread on this later.
5. No more playing as a child. I really don't want to play a game where I must be a certain age. I'm an adult, and inputting my birthdate is awesome when I get a celebration in game, though I would like my character to reflect said date.
6. un-skippable cut-scenes.
7. Water-type Pokémon, such as Goldeen, who can somehow fight on land. Get rid of that ability, or make it more plausible. The reverse can be said for Pokémon that either can't swim, or shouldn't be able to fight while swimming.
8. Flying-type Pokémon that are physically too small to carry a person, should not be able to allow you to fly to other areas. However, all flying-type Pokémon that have wings, and should be able to fly, can learn fly. The same goes for Pokémon that can swim. Unless you're just using them as a fast moving life raft.
9. I don't want to see a trainer that cannot swim. It should be an option. Or even a fun quest or mini-game.
10. If your Pokémon faints, you shouldn't be able to use them to fly, cut, or swim. Either fainting means something, or it doesn't.
11. I don't want to see a Pokémon hatch from an egg, if they aren't really eggs.
12. Executor. Never again.
13. Change who breeds with whom. No more Nidoran + NidoQueen.

I'll add more if I think of some.