Pokemon producer still not too interested in always-online title
Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda has never expressed great interest in making an online Pokemon. His stance still hasn’t changed.
Gamasutra asked Masuda if he considers there to be potential in a persistently online Pokemon title, and his response wasn’t too surprising.
While Masuda enjoys online play, he seems more interested in face-to-face communication.
Masuda drew a comparison between having a phone call and talking in person:
“I really like online connectivity, but for example, we’re having this phone call right now, and it’s really cool that we can communicate with each other from two really faraway places. But at the same time, it would also be really great if we could talk in person.
“That’s another thing we could do; it’s much more enjoyable when you’re talking in person. So I think the best way is to have kind of both at the same time, being able to enjoy this kind of faraway communication, as well as having aspects that allow you to enjoy communication face-to-face and in-person communication.”
