Under en intervju med 4gamer, översatt av Siliconera, frågade man Pokémons art director Ken Sugimori och seriens producent Tetsuya Watanabe hur de ser på det rådande branschklimatet med nedladdningsbart innehål till vart och vartannat spel.
"When it comes to business, the one thing I've always said ‘no!' to is ‘the act of buying Pokémon with money," sade Ken Sugimori. "That is something that has been said since the days [Satoshi] Tajiri was completely involved in everything."
"The reason being, is because it's one of things that could ‘ruin the worldview' of Pokémon," fortsätter Sigumori. "I believe the reason we don't simply commercialize [Pokémon], is that it's a way of protecting the brand, and for this purpose, we have the specialty company called The Pokémon Company. Therefore, suppose we sell a Pokémon for 100 yen, then we must prepare something that is worthy of that 100 yen, along with a reasonable consent for doing so."
Han menar dock att så länge integrering av nya karaktärer till serien är roligt och ger ett mervärde, kommer nedladdningsbara Pokémons inte vara helt uteslutna. Tanken är att hålla sig ifrån direkta "Köp pokémon för pengar"-scenarion.
Ken Sugimori tar experimentet med monster ur Pokémon-filmerna som dyker upp i ditt spel som exempel. "That plan came to be after we thought ‘now, this is fun' about the idea of having the experience of a Pokémon who was featured in the movie you just saw, appear out of the big screen," förklarar Sugimori. "After trying it out, we had plenty of thoughts [on the matter] and it was well received, and we also had a lot to talk about."
Vad vi på Gamereactor tyckte om den senaste delen i serien, kan du läsa här.