Pokemon is Turning into an Embarrassment. Improvements This Franchise Desperately Needs

I can't take it anymore. Watching that stupid Detective Pikachu video has pushed me to my breaking point. Pokemon, what happened to you? Generations 1 and 2 were my go-to games when I was a kid. I spent hours and hours glued to my Game Boy for one purpose, to "Catch 'em All", and continue to make my Pokemon stronger. Nowadays, my Pokemon game collection is gathering dust in my bedroom. Why? Because you guys have lost your way. Whether it's the stupid Anime (Ash is still a useless POS), getting caught up in all these ridiculous spinoffs, (don't get me wrong, some of the spinoffs are good), or most importantly, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING THE EXACT SAME FLIPPIN' THING FOR 20 YEARS NOW! It's getting boring. Shake up the formula a bit, Satoshi Tajiri. Here are a few suggestions on how to improve the gaming experience:

1. Cut out the Event Exclusive BS. This needs to stop, now. Not everybody feels like going into Walmart, Target, or online to Pokemon Global Link to download some stupid Mystery Gift or Pass for a limited time only. If you miss these events, you're screwed, and are forced to rely on the s**tty trading system to try and complete your Pokedex. Hardcode all of the Pokemon into the 2 or 3 games in the generation and make it so we can, you know, "CATCH 'EM ALL"!

2. Pokemon need more than 4 move slots. Wasting a move slot for an HM is one of the most annoying parts of the game, considering the fact that 90% of the HMs are garbage. Either increase the move slots, or give us maybe one extra slot specifically for HMs and maybe another slot specifically for a buff/debuff move, which brings me to my next point...

3. It wouldn't hurt to make the buff/debuff moves a tad stronger. I'm not talking about overpowering them, just have them be a little more effective during battles. It would actually increase the amount of variety and challenge, and battles would be less monotonous than just "attack, attack, attack."

4. Stop banning legendaries from participating in the Battle Frontier/Battle Tower mode. I can maybe understand having a custom option to do this in PvP to make it more fair, but in the main game, there's no excuse for this. It's a friggin' CPU trainer. Will their feelings get hurt if I use a legendary against them? You guys market the crap out of the legendaries by putting them on the covers of your games since Generation 2, and then you ban them from participating in certain events. WTF?

5. Finally, there needs to be a main console Pokemon game. This is long overdue. Whether it's on the Wii U, or the Nintendo NX, this has got to happen. This franchise has been relegated to handhelds for long enough.

What would you like to see the Pokemon series change up in their games? Feel free to voice your opinion. Magikmike39 out.

Your number 2 and 5 points are also my biggest concerns as well.

Pokemon is loooong past its prime. I haven't liked it since 3rd gen, now it's too competitive instead of focusing on better single player, and the mechanics have become way too bloated. I don't get why the emphasis is on competitive when it's pretty luck based and unless you're new to pokemon, winning is pretty much dependent on who has what pokemon and what moveset. Preparing for one pokemon can leave you wide open to another.

Don't hope for another pokemon colosseum either

Don't you kinda contradict yourself when you want Pokemon to change and on the other hand hate on Spin Offs like the Detective Pikachu while your improvements don't change the core game at all? A handfull tweaks won't change the game that much, it'll still be "the same"
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for improvements in Pokemon and I too think they are not improving fast enough.

Personally I welcome SpinOffs that actually try to do something new and I would love to see a MMORPG on the WiiU.

They need to do away with the set story mode in these games. The part that's good is the post game of catching and training strategic/competitive teams. I'd like a completely open world in which you freely get to do these things instead of doing the same 8 badges then the elite 4.

Pokemon's gone on too long, it needs to end already.

Unlike a couple other people in this thread, I don't think Pokemon needs to end. Pokemon is a great series. I loved Pokemon Platinum, the first Pokemon game I played. But I do agree. They really, really need to shake things up. It's gone on too long, with the same formula. No, not even the same formula, the same game. They need to change things, which I think they did when they released Pokemon X and Y, moving away from the 2D formula a little. They need to keep doing things like that to continue the series.