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Pokémon chief executive officer Tsunekazu Ishihara has been talking to Bloomberg in Tokyo about Pokémon Go, and judging by his comments, Trainers have a lot to be excited about when it comes to future developments for the game.
Ishihara told Bloomberg, “We’ve only accomplished 10 percent of what Pokémon and Niantic are trying to do, so going forward we will have to include fundamental Pokémon experiences such as Pokémon trading and peer-to-peer battles, and other possibilities.”
Ishihara also said that the company was looking into “how to find the right balance between game design, how our Pokémon should exist, and how players feel about their collections.”
He added that the Pokémon Company sees it as “a very realistic problem” that you can sometimes only catch certain Pokémon close to certain locations, such as electric types close to power plants, and water Pokémon close to water, which might not always been the safest place to be. Ishihara also addressed the issue of “social problems” and “mass confusion” caused when big crowds gather in public places to catch Pokémon, as well as noting that “the issue of staring at smartphones while walking is something we have to focus on and think about.”
Augmented reality will be a very big feature in iOS 11, and Ishihara says that Pokémon Company has big plans to capitalise on this with improved AR in Pokémon Go. “With current AR, even if you say Pikachu is there, no one really thinks that. But that reality is just one step away. For example, you’ll be able to find Pikachu, and it can sense this table and jump on it, and you can see its shadow on the table, and then it faces you and starts talking to you. We will see the birth of this reality that is another step up from the current Pokémon Go. And I’ve only mentioned the visual aspect, but you can add haptic and rumble technology to that.”
Image: Blog - Niantic
Source: Remember Pokémon Go? Here's What Is Coming Next
