Creature Models
If possible, this would be a optional feature that is fairly simple.
While on battle, and maybe on another place like the dinodex, you would be able to see a 3D model of the creature. This model can't be interacted with for the most part other than maybe spinning it, but not only does it let you take a better look at the creature, but will also make battles a bit more visual in the case it is possible to have them display attack animations in battle.
Another good use for this would be custom creatures. Similar to how you can choose a silhouette of a pre-existing creature and use it for the custom creature's icon in the creature maker, you would be able to choose a 3d model from all the ones available, however they would be completely blacked out, as to leave details and colours to the imagination and not make them look like a exact clone of a official creature. These would also be separate from the card icon things for better customization.
Hell, if we do get accounts that allow us to save images and such, we could even upload our own models if we want to go so in-depth with it, even if this would be tricky to make since the files may be a bit heavy and I don't know how the hell you would make them animate for the battles and such.
As stated at the begining this would be optional, simply cause I'm not sure weaker hardware would be a bit too laggy due to all models, and so people should be able to disable this for this reason or just cause they don't like it.
Oh and forgot to add, creatures that are different gens from eachother but only vary in colour would be merged into the same for the creature maker, and if you feel like nothing in-game represents them well you can just choose no model, with just a "?" appearing in place of any model.
While on battle, and maybe on another place like the dinodex, you would be able to see a 3D model of the creature. This model can't be interacted with for the most part other than maybe spinning it, but not only does it let you take a better look at the creature, but will also make battles a bit more visual in the case it is possible to have them display attack animations in battle.
Another good use for this would be custom creatures. Similar to how you can choose a silhouette of a pre-existing creature and use it for the custom creature's icon in the creature maker, you would be able to choose a 3d model from all the ones available, however they would be completely blacked out, as to leave details and colours to the imagination and not make them look like a exact clone of a official creature. These would also be separate from the card icon things for better customization.
Hell, if we do get accounts that allow us to save images and such, we could even upload our own models if we want to go so in-depth with it, even if this would be tricky to make since the files may be a bit heavy and I don't know how the hell you would make them animate for the battles and such.
As stated at the begining this would be optional, simply cause I'm not sure weaker hardware would be a bit too laggy due to all models, and so people should be able to disable this for this reason or just cause they don't like it.
Oh and forgot to add, creatures that are different gens from eachother but only vary in colour would be merged into the same for the creature maker, and if you feel like nothing in-game represents them well you can just choose no model, with just a "?" appearing in place of any model.
ᴀᴘᴏᴘʜᴇɴɪᴀMar 26, 2025how is this "fairly simple" lmao