The title of "legendary" has lost all meaning, anyway. They may as well let you pick from Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres as starters for all it matters anymore. XP

Well here's what I'm wanting to see in a new Pokemon game:

1.) One damn cartridge. I totally understand that for marketing purposes it encourages multi-player/people buying more than one cartridge if some pokemon don't evolve unless they are traded. I'm fine with that. Just give me access to the basics of everything in one damn game.

2.) All the pokemon and all the regions all combined into one game.

3.) The ability to pick my own gender/character graphic as well as my own starting pokemon from a list of things that live around that town.

4.) A "choose my own adventure" based story system based of the choices I make during character creation and journey I take from town to town.

Really, as far as I can tell all pokemon games are the same. I've not spent money on the Pokemon franchise since Blue and Red. I couldn't even justify re-buying their re-makes two generations later. I really think if Nintendo just made a giant omni-game that allowed me just a little more autonomy I'd be willing to get back into the fray.

Sadly the bolded is damn near impossible without regressing the graphics back to GBA graphics due to the DS cards having limited space. 3DS maybe if it's cards can fit up to over 2 GB of game data (which it just might), but DS, no.

But they probably could add feature close to that stuff but it won't be anything special.

Hell If it's on the Wii or Zii it could be done plus they could add even more content.

Also, the starter zone is always nothing but bugs, rats, and birds, I wouldn't want to pick from that.

Probably could if they didn't have that craptastic 3D. Seriously, I have no idea why they keep trying to put 3D on the DS. It invariably looks like ass and it eats up space and processing power that could be going to better things.

I would buy that ASAP, I don't care if they use GBA graphics in a DS game, or if it's a game for the Wii/whatever comes after it.

I like the name. I don't care. It's simple. It doesn't overcomplicate things. No silly gemstones making me think I'm supposed to feel like a princess or some fruity medieval knight what puts decorations on his sword. Black. White. Like a nice minimal ink drawing.

I thought that would also mean that it is going back to 'Pokemon basics', until I realized that I had no idea what that would mean in this context, and also because... well, new 3D landscape doesn't really say 'back to basics' as much as it says "We will continue pushing the FUCK out of this envelope even if the envelope AIN'T THERE".

What I meant by that was being able to start with pokemon found around the area that is your starting town. Like if you wanted a variety of fire pokemon to choose from you'd start in Cinibar Island. Or if plants were your thing you'd be some body from Celedon. There'd be a disproportional amount of pokemon based on the Gym Leader of the town as the game would assume that growing up in said town you would either idealize or revile the Gym Leader and then there would also be a handful of choices based on whatever other wild pokemon live in the surrounding area.

You say this like it's a bad thing.

Indeed. Being a princess is the best thing.