Pokémon Gen 10 Has One Sure-Fire Way To Be The Best Generation Yet

The next Generation of has the potential to be its best yet with the inclusion of one key feature. If recent trends continue, sales of P’s Gen 10 games could be incredibly high, a mark of the franchise’s ever-growing popularity. Of course, something that would contribute greatly to this success would be the return of fan-favorite features in Gen 10, especially given the likely circumstances of its release.

While leaks suggest that Gen 10’s release date may not be until 2026, in many ways, this is arguably far from a negative. Not only does this date auspiciously align with the 30th anniversary of as a whole, but it also gives the core games one more year of development time when compared to other recent titles like. Naturally, this means that developers will have plenty of time to find and fix glitches, but it also offers an opportunity for the development of much bigger features than might otherwise be feasible.

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Assuming that Gen 10’s leaked release window is accurate, the next core games will undoubtedly be central to the franchise’s 30th-anniversary milestone. As this will undoubtedly be a year celebrating as a whole, it would make perfect sense for these games to reintroduce the National Pokédex. After all, there would be no greater celebration of the franchise than to release new titles that have every existing Pokémon available to catch. Although recent games have featured Pokémon from across the franchise, none since Gen 7 have made all Pokémon obtainable in some way.

The National Dex is typically a piece of postgame content, allowing the focus to remain on new Pokémon for the main storyline before the game opens up to include more familiar species.

The appeal of a game that allows the player to “catch ‘em all” is immediately understandable. In the past, there was immense disappointment at the initial amount of Pokémon