The following comes from a fan-translated interview from “We Love Pokémon” featuring Game Freak's Ken Sugimori.

- next generation of Pokemon games will not add more layers of complexity
- they have a goal of simplicity, using ideas from Pokemon Red and Green
- says some fans have asked for the dev team to significantly organize/trim the moves, abilities, items, etc.
- also feels that Pokemon designs could probably be simplified
- his favorite Pokemon is Gengar