Game Freak Focused On Handheld Games

<p>What a week it has been for Pokemon fans across the world&period; Not only did Nintendo dedicate their first Nintendo Direct to their lovable pocket-sized monsters but they also announced that the next generation of Pokemon titles will be giving the series the much needed overhaul fans have been asking for for years&comma; exclusively on Nintendo 3DS whilst also being released at the same time world wide in October this year&excl; Whew&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It should come as no surprise then to learn that Game Freak are focused on handheld games&comma; rather than a home console version of the series&period; J&period;C&period; Smith&comma; a Pokemon Company International executive explain why this was the case to Game Informer&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;Traditionally Game Freak has always loved the game to be on a portable device because of the communication&comma; trading&comma; and the experience of taking this adventure with you&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He later continues in the article&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&&num;8220&semi;That&&num;8217&semi;s why they&&num;8217&semi;ve always prioritized a portable version of the game first&period; They&&num;8217&semi;ve always liked what you can do in the real world with that&&num;8230&semi; It comes down to what the creators want to do&period; Every time I&&num;8217&semi;ve heard them talk about it&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s been about the portable experience&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Do you agree with the Pokemon Company&&num;8217&semi;s approach to the Pokemon series&quest; How would you direct the series differently&quest; Let us know in the comments below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gameinformer&period;com&sol;b&sol;features&sol;archive&sol;2013&sol;01&sol;08&sol;nintendo-play-pok-233-mon-x-and-y-close-to-the-chest&period;aspx">Game Informer <&sol;a>via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;eurogamer&period;net&sol;articles&sol;2013-01-09-nintendo-handheld-consoles-remain-focus-for-pokemon-rpgs">Eurogamer<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" alt&equals;"" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;eca02125-5f64-4a3b-a805-be34e1e07cea" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;