Perhaps my greatest gripe with Pokemon as a franchise is the absolute lack of accessibility for non-impaired users. I'm so old that I have a nephew with cataracts that's picking up my old DS with my copy of Emerald, and he's gotta press the screen to his face to be able to see text and make actions. The battle sim has been around for almost a couple of decades now damn near, and the actual battle screen is about 30% of the actual screen when I play, and the other 70% is either whatever sidebar chat room, or a really long in-battle chatroom that does nothing for me. Can we have on-site/calc/replay options that favor visually/aurally impaired users (or even for users that want better focus)?
Not sure what this would like like, but in my mind this would include the kitchen sink:
Not sure what this would like like, but in my mind this would include the kitchen sink:
- Various Colorblindness options;
- Separate zoom options for battle rooms and chat rooms, including a text zoom for move selections;
- a "theatre mode" to fit the playable battle screen whatever monitor is used;
- sidebars (like Youtube has) to hide unnecessary clutter (hiding userlist in chatrooms; hiding replay search bar on replays);
- a "focus mode" to minimize information/conversation in battles (muteall + clutter removal [not listing clauses/minimal hover information/etc.])
- color matching on the damage calc to match move type with name, with outlines for Dark/Normal type moves to match Light/Dark mode users;
- TTS options for Showdown and related apps to accurately pronounce and utilize competitive slang; and
- perhaps the ADV "bonk"/"menu"; and BW "click" sounds as options for vision impaired users whenever their mouse hovers over a move option (in battle) or a chat room.