Pokémon is an interesting little paradox. One of the core tenets is evolving your little monsters to make them more powerful and give them access to new and more powerful moves, yet the series refuses to do any kind of evolution itself. While the game series has added plenty of enhancements such as the new Pokémon types, double, triple, and rotation battles, and Pokémon contests, for the most part it has remained unchanged: you start your journey out by getting a fire, water, or grass Pokémon from the Professor, you go through the eight gyms collecting badges in a bid to challenge the Pokémon League and you stop a nefarious Team from their plans (typically world domination or gaining power) while completing the Pokédex. This is the Pokémon formula and it works. As they say, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. Pokémon 3DS is presumably the next release to come after the Black and White sequels. When those games come out, hopefully the franchise will have made some much needed changes.