Anyway, let's talk consoles. Mid-generation console-hopping is bad business, so: do they feel the 3DS has the lifespan to fit two entire generations (remember, we need a third version/sequels/remakes), or has the NX been delayed for some reason?
Gen 5 was released well into the DS's later lifespan, and by the time Black and White 1 were released, the 3DS was just getting started on the market. The DS already had a successor by the time Gen 5 was released and it was still on the DS. The DS was very slowly losing momentum by that time, and BW2 was basically the DS's twilight release before it was discontinued for good. And also, I seriously don't understand you people about the NX. Nintendo
never said they were gonna
release it in 2015: that's incredibly stupid considering that's very little time after the 3DS and Wii U hit the scene, and both Nintendo and fellow developers need time to develop software (and in the former's case, the hardware) for it. They only said that they were developing it back in March 2015. That's it. They said they'll give an update about it this year maybe (such as, say, a prototype) at some time. Never did they said that it would release in 2015 or even 2016 for that matter. I might expect it at 2017 at the earliest (since the average console lives around 5-6 years: NES and Wii got away with 6 since they were so successful, while the SNES, N64, and GameCube all lived for 5 years, so the Wii U would likely do the same), but there is no mention of NX being delayed since it's quite clear it was never intended to be released around this early in the first place.
Back on topic, perhaps Gen 7 is a bit like Gen 2, with it being essentially a Gen 6: the Sequel or Gen 6: Enhanced, that improves upon the previous gen games, and also expands on XY's story in its own way unlike RS and DP did. Zygarde could be in it, since it does have the red and blue shown in Sun and Moon's logos, and its two Cells have a red and a blue spot on them, respectively, as seen in the XY&Z anime. If Zygarde is really going to see the light in Gen 7 instead of Gen 6, then maybe it's true that Game Freak and Nintendo are trying to pay homage to the original old-school days, kind of like how Gold and Silver were essentially sequels to Red and Blue, and Gen 2 was a sequel to Gen 1 as a whole: so maybe Gen 7 is like the same to Gen 6. The 3DS does seem to be trying to pay homage to old-school classics from the original Nintendo consoles (X and Y themselves brought back a lot of Kanto mons and such and just paid so much homage to it), and on a side note, the same could really be said about, say, the Mario and Zelda franchises (3D Land and NSMB 2 are pretty reminiscent of SMB3 and Super Mario World, and Link Between Worlds feels a lot like Link to the Past on SNES). That aside, if there is one thing I'm ready for, I think I'm looking forward to new Pokemon here and hoping that Zygarde along with maybe Xern and Yveltal can see the light here.
This should be interesting. I think I should be looking forward to what Game Freak has to offer, even if it's such a strange twist now from the norm. Then again, I guess Game Freak
did say they were trying new things from Gen 5 onwards, and so wanted to give Gen 6 an interesting twist.
Oh and I'm kind of wondering what the starters will be, or even the cover legends for that matter (if we do see new ones, maybe they're related to Gen 6's legends?). This also means if we see the same patterns of Pokemon, we'll see a new rodent, a bird, a bug or two, two fossil Pokemon, and a pseudo-legendary Pokemon like the other gens.
