The recent release of Pokemon Go has given me an idea.

Imagine a world where, 20 years after the Pokemon franchise was born, a new way to play was created? It started as Pokemon Go, an app that allowed one to use GPS to track their location and uncover virtual Pokemon outside in the world. A few years later, it has become a revolutionary way to train Pokemon. Now the digital Pokemon captured by players can be truly put to test in virtual Pokemon battles. Special stadiums can be found all over that allow players to load in their chosen team of digital Pokemon and battle against opponents in a holographic simulated field, complete with actual images of the Pokemon visible for all to spectate. These stadiums can simulate various environments to spice up battles, or just generate a regulation stadium for the more tournament-savvy crowd. Now, people have begun set up actual gyms and hold actual Pokemon League tournaments, all thanks to the Virtual Pokemon that originated from that simple app, allowing players of any age to become Virtual-Trainers, or V-Trainers.

Okay, so the idea basically combines the concept of Pokemon Go with Gundam Build Fighters. It wouldn't take place in the Pokemon world, but rather the "real" world, where Pokemon was simply a series of video games and trading cards.

I feel that this idea would work much better with Digimon.

Pokemon and Digimon aren't even remotely the same. So I'll have to respectfully disagree.

Obviously they aren't the same, nor was I intending to imply that they were. However, based on the idea that you presented, the Digimon franchise would be a much better fit once adapted, considering that there is far more material to work with when it comes to virtual monster battling in the real world and elsewhere. Not only that, but the trope of an existential threat to the world stemming from corruption occurring in the digital world where the virtual monsters reside would give it an extra level of depth, beyond what I'm looking seeing at the moment. Perhaps I'm just weird, but watching you stretch Pokemon to encompass a role better fit by Digimon just seems strange to me. I understand why you'd rather use Pokemon due to a possible preference to it over the Digimon franchise. Anyway, good luck and I hope you find others who are interested.

Basically you only posted because you hoped I would cave and turn this into a Digimon RP? Sorry, that's not how this works. Wat you just described is literally every Digimon story ever told and, honestly, it's tired and overdone. I'm not interested in an RP that debates the existential philosophy of two worlds. I just want something fun and energetic. Maybe that's bland or boring to you, but I'm personally looking to play a game that's not as complex or stressful. Just something that's relaxing and nostalgic.