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Some random thoughts I have about the future of the franchise-

I thought about the "ever expanding" nature of Pokemon. Ever since Gen 2 introduced 100 new Pokemon in a new region, Pokemon already got that "endless" potential
There is no limit to the amount of new regions they can make in the Pokemon world, and therefore no limit to the amount of new Pokemon
That stayed true for 5 generations...but then they took more steps and made a already "endless" series even more "endless"

Gen 6 introduced "multi-universe" - which we didn't see anything come out of it besides being a excude for no Mega Evolution in other games, but the potential is there

Gen 7 introduced regional forms - which means that almost every Pokemon in existence can have a alternate form in one of the endless regions
Gen 7 also introduced Ultra Wormholes - which means that we can have "Pokemon that are not really Pokemon" come from outer space. (Granted we didn't see anything besides Ultra Beasts and they never made us of it after gen 7, but still)
Gen 7 also introduced Meltan - which comes from the far past

Gen 8 introduced another regional form of a Pokemon that already has a regional form - which means that every Pokemon in existence can have multiple regional forms
It also introduced regional evolutions, which means every Pokemon we know can evolve into another species altoghther
Legends Arceus also introduced Pokemon from the (not so distant) past that are extinct today

Gen 9 introduced different take of old Pokemon - a new species that look similar to the species we know - but is totally different (Wiglett line and that "Tentacool with legs" line)
But then they took things much farther and introduced...past (prehistoric) and future forms of Pokemon (and time travel in general)

Now this is just my opinion but the potential of this is HUGE
Suddenly, the idea that I hated so much that is brought up by Genwunners, having a game of only the original 151 again, and Kanto, again, sounds good to me
If somehow that game is set in the present and you can travel to the prehistoric past or the distant future, see how Kanto changed and encounter past and future forms of the original 151 (Well, obviously Porygon and Mewtwo won't have past forms, and maybe Koffing and Grimmer as well)
It would be a win for everyone. The genwunners will be happy with their "original 151" and the regular players will be excited to see new take of the original Pokemon
New types, abilities, moves, stats

I dunno, I would love this. Opinions and all