Hey everyone,
Figured I’d pitch my idea for how to begin to add in all the missing TMs and TRs from gens 8 and 9. I think that these items should be backfilled into existing content, particularly dungeons which as of now are considered to have little value in running.
This would allow for for staff to begin to fill the gaps the absence of these items creates without needing significant dev time to create new content for them. Were staff to wait strictly for new content to place these items in, it might take awhile for all of the TMs to be added.
It would also have the added effect of granting many niche and unpopular dungeons a new lease of life with the potential of valuable and new items being acquirable. In particular, I imagine these TMs could be worth a fair amount on the player market for the short period after their implementation, which would drive players into different dungeons. It would also help with longevity as these dungeons will feel like they have more worth long-term.
For example:
TM016 Psybeam could be added to Mystic Coven,
TM185 Lunge could be added to Honeydrop Meadow,
TM206 Petal Blizzard could be added to Crescent Islet (maybe even depths!),
TM124 Ice Spinner could be added to Crystal Castle, perhaps as a regice drop?
TM226 Dragon Cheer could be added to the Royal Gems shop,
TM229 Upper Hand could be added to the Ekop shop,
note that I am not actually suggesting any of these specific implementations, I haven’t thought too hard about them. Just examples to illustrate my point.
I think this would be a good way to invigorate certain sections of the game while also filling out many movepool gaps at the same time. Let me know what you think of this proposal.