Selvom The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild benyttede nogle få kendte mekaniske strukturer fra seriens tidligere kapitler, så ville man kunne argumentere for at der er tale om en genopfindelse af seriens central koncepter og mekanikker. Netop med Breath of the Wild gik det ganske godt må man sige, og netop derfor ønsker folkene bag Pokémon at gøre netop det samme en dag.
I et interview med Eurogamer fortæller Game Freaks Junichi Masuda, at de godt kunne tænke sig at skabe et mere åbent Pokémon-spil en dag.
"Well you know in general, I always want to be kind of facing new challenges and trying to you know, do new things with Pokémon. You know it's a different matter whether players will actually enjoy that kind of playstyle, but really you know, things like setting up an AI so that you know real world Pokémon appear, or different ways to appreciate the game, I'm always kind of thinking how to approach the Pokémon series from a different aspect so, in that sense, it's still on the cards,"
Hverken Nintendo eller Game Freak har talt synderligt meget om Pokémon Switch endnu, men det forventes at de foretager ændringer i strukturen.
