Someone should make a ROM hack where Pokémon centres charge a game-world fee equivalent to what a person would pay for healthcare for serious injuries in the US, with insurance and loan sharks.
Arceusism is the state religion and others are barely tolerated.
Gyms are privatized and cost per attempt.
Pokemon sweatshops.
PC access is a freemiun model where you get the first 5 for free, but beyond that you have to pay for Pokestorage+ and pay monthly. Also pokes come out hating you so pretty sure they getting abused. And occasionally pokes get lost.
I think that was literally a plot point in one of the earlier games or anime? That one will be easy to adapt, just make Team Rocket the heroes for being shrewd businesspeople and you the villain for daring to question the will of the free market.
Someone should make a ROM hack where Pokémon centres charge a game-world fee equivalent to what a person would pay for healthcare for serious injuries in the US, with insurance and loan sharks.
Do the rom hack right.
Cost per attempt? Gyms require an annual membership fee, and good luck ever canceling
The fee is just to “challenge” the gym master for your badge. You still have to pay the subscription to even get into the door.
I think that was literally a plot point in one of the earlier games or anime? That one will be easy to adapt, just make Team Rocket the heroes for being shrewd businesspeople and you the villain for daring to question the will of the free market.
And all the rocket goons are just police protecting the capitalists
Some of your items no longer function as the company that makes them went out of business
Dont forget its a defacto state religion not dejure … just to make it more infurating
In fact where it is dejure religion, nobody actually follows it or believes it.
Wait That last one is just Pokemon home lmao
I read the end part there as Bender “with blackjack and hookers”