A Pokemon MMO is arguably one of the most common requests amongst us massively multiplayer addicts but year after year we’re left wanting – could 2015 mark the end of that wait? A new post on Kpopstarz highlights recent comments made by Game Freak developer Tetsuya Watanaba at an end of year survey with 4Gamer’s which saw the developer teasing details for the next project under Game Freak’s watchful eye.
“We’re doing a lot of different things with respect to our next project, so right now we’re focusing on getting ready to announce it,” said Watanaba. “We sincerely hope from the bottom of our hearts that it’ll be worth checking out once we get to that point.”
“Lucky, we at Game Freak are blessed with great workers. Because of that, I don’t have to worry when I’m concentrating on new games like Pokemon X and Y and sequels are being handled by other Project Managers.”
“Releasing multiple games over a short time period is always a race against the time. If we would always take three years of time to develop a game, we wouldn’t be able to keep up with the fast moving nature of the modern world. When we think about when to release a game, we ask ourselves when the demand for it from our audience will be the highest.”
Okay, we’re clutching at straws a little bit here but it’s still more than we’ve had to go on in some time. While Game Freaks could potentially be working on any number of Pokemon fueled projects, the huge gap in the market for an MMO is one they will surely have to exploit… Sooner or later.