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Message: [QUOTE="LaserMoose, post: 260507, member: 26991"] While I don't disagree that it would be fun/interesting to have a game where the player is working for an evil team, I don't think this makes sense from the perspective of those at TPC. At least, not for a mainline game. Pokémon as a series has always had a focus on mainstream appeal, and I think it's why every mainline entry has the same kind of self insert protagonist. As soon as they give the player character a fleshed out story, it becomes more difficult to self insert. Plus, GF want players to be the hero of the story, and becoming head of Team Rocket would be pretty much the polar opposite of that. The farthest I can see the games ever going to having a morally ambiguous player character is Pokémon Colosseum's Wes, who defects from a villain team during the intro of the game. But even then, Wes still acts just like every other player character in the series afterwards. In the case of something like Gen VIII, where the plot seemingly focuses on whatever Leon's doing to move the game forward, I agree with what you are saying here. But Gen IV and Gen V at the very least had the player front and center in the conflicts. Edit: I'll add that in the case of ignoring the story, that would only work if the player is a villain, right? I can't see how this would be done as a way to profit, otherwise. Compared to the other mainline entries, Gen V is considered to have a good story by most people I've seen online. Other edit: I sent this just a few moments before Ruinwalker made his last post - I'll add that Gen VI also had a mysterious power plant, as well as a ghost girl, which both received many theories and discussions about them. [ATTACH type="full" size="400x240"]89167[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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