Up for joining.  What about the idea of talking pokemon,  (like meowth from the show.)  is that something that could work?  

^  Also for that maybe the only talking pokemon could be player controlled characters?


Also what about having lots of competitions in the world like, pokemon races and challenges like the ones that were in the orange islands?  Like electric pokemon vs. electric pokemon? Or building a sled and sliding down a mountain, double battles?  Basically different sorts of competitons could be fun to have and bring some more originality to pokemon.