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The side games tend to be a little "darker" than the main series, huh? Second Mystery Dungeon and, like Jedim mentioned, Pokemon Colosseum (only played so much of the latter though, rented it ages ago) If you want dark in the main series, you can always read some of the Pokedex entries, haha.Seriously, though, "adult themes" is a bit extreme. Pokemon can be a little more mature without going full dark and edgy. Like Turner said, there are ways to make things engaging. Why, as recent as BW2, just... look at what Hugh went through. Once you get further in the game, you really feel that just by listening to his theme. (Well, I do, anyway) On a side note, Ghetsis is just plain creepy.It makes me wonder how X and Y are gonna do things, though. At the very least, DNA is probably involved, and will likely be a big point in the plot. It's too early to tell, anyway, but I doubt we'll get anything radically different from previous installments, in terms of whether it's "dark" or not. If things ever go that route, Game Freak would likely make it a subtle progression, as opposed to a full shift.All this talk about dark, where's my Dark-type Gym?
In my case, I have come to deduce that the pokemon games have been formulated recently to attempt to spawn a thoughtful characteristics of the mind of those who play it (specifically the younger audience) and what better way to do it than to include controversial topics in the game?As for the upcoming generation... I'm firmly with Turner in that I believe it will be about DNA. Perhaps the plot will revolve around genetic engineering? That would be interesting...
As to whether the main games should become darker... I'm a little uncertain. I personally would love a dark plot, but it would kind of turn the target audience of the games on its' head. If it did happen, I can see a large drop in sales occurring, and I shudder to think of them halting the series due to loss of sales. I'm also of the opinion that the darkness should remain primarily with the side games. I loved the shadow games... I wish they'd hurry up and make a new one!
I don't think it's necessarily darker themes or even more mature content that Pokemon should explore, but different issues of right and wrong, as they always have. Pokemon supports a strong moral compass within children, and in today's society, it's something that everyone could use a bit more of.