The Pokemon franchise is an enduringly popular video game phenomenon, with decades under its belt alongside many different games, spinoffs, and TV shows. The mainline games may have started to lose steam a little in recent years, with fans worrying that the familiar formula was beginning to turn stale, but with the first installments in the ninth generation of Pokemon video games – Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – on the way, there are a few things players are hoping to see in order to move the series in a new direction.
