this Pokemon RPG makes more sense on handhelds is a tradition that GameFreak is willing to hold firm to
it is not like they ever gave it a decent try at home, people keep talking about those stadium battle games as if it was the same thing
I am not a pokemon gamer for this reason alone I purchased the first few but on my handheld I never really cared about investing the time it took to finish the games on a small screen
when traveling I'm busy I don't have time for the game, I feel I would enjoy this more at home on a large screen just a port would have given a choice to a few more fans but they made this rule and fan like you repeat it as holy fact that Pokemon rpg is handheld only
the game has a huge fanbase following this rule, it is true when you get no other choice
I got a Pokemon game for Wii U can't even remember the name of that crap
Scramble Shuffle?
For one thing, Game Freak made the rule (and repeat it) so it's not fanboy nonsense. They just don't wanna do it.
Secondly, I'm right there with you, but you gotta think about the numbers.
Full Fledged HD Pokemon is going to cost a lot more to make than handhled pokemon, It is also going to sell a lot less, by virtue of Nintendo consoles obtaining a decreasing portion of the marketshare.
Game Freak still has yet to make a "full" 3D Pokemon, and I can't imagine them making the jump from all the way to HD development, especially when their team is only 40ish people, IIRC.
When you have a team (2 teams) that small that can consistently push out 10+ million sellers every 1-2 years putting them on projects with greater investments and smaller returns doesn't make much sense.
You say there are gamers that would buy Pokemon for the console, but not for the handheld. You're right. But that is a nearly insignificant number these days in light of the health of Nintendo's home consoles.
Maybe console NX can get a port of the NX handheld one, but I don't expect it to because "lol GF".
EDIT: I completely forgot about Pokken. That's a good way to leverage the Pokemon IP without wasting GF's time I guess.