Idea #6: What To Do With Eevee

Eevee...

God, where do I begin with this one? Eevee was such an integral part of Generation-I.  It was the third of your four what-should-I-do choices of that generation (the first being what starter to pick, the second being which fossil to choose, and the final being which Hitmon___ to take) and it told volumes about the kind of person that player was.

Now, we've gone from just those three "eeveelutions" to this:

You've got a _____eon for every Special Attack type, excluding Dragon, but there are rumors going around that you're planning on including a Dragon-type eeveelution.

I know this is going to be an unpopular opinion, but let it go.  Don't give Eeevee any more forms.  I know you have a lot of possibilities, but sometimes it's best to quit while you're ahead.  If you don't stop now, you could end up with this:

I know these possibilities have crossed your mind at some point, but it's a bad idea to go down this road.  Before you start drawing up concept art, ask yourself: do you really need an Eevee that...

...evolves with a Moon Stone?
...evolves with a Sun Stone?
...evolves with a Dawn Stone?
...evolves with a Dusk Stone?
...evolves with a Shiny Stone?
...is a Ghost-type?
...is a Bug-type?
...is a Fighting-type?
...is a Rock-type?
...is a Ground-type?
...is a Steel-type?
...is Flying-type?
...is a Dragon-type?

You haven't even given Eevee the chance to let it evolve from just straight-up leveling! Now, that would be interesting.  Say Eevee will automatically evolve into something at level 30, regardless of friendship or what item it's holding.  That will put some serious pressure on trainers to gain the friendship of their Eevee very quickly if they want an Espeon or an Umbreon.  Likewise, it would be interesting the other way around.  What if this Pokemon was awesome, so you kept your Eevee in your party all the time and grind the hell out of it to get it to that high level.  However, in having it spend too much time with you, it could accidentally evolve into an Umbreon or an Espeon, so you now have to deliberately distance yourself from your Eevee so that it will evolve the way you want.

The more evolutions you give it, the more you cheapen Eevee.  You already cheapened it by making it a Game Corner prize in Generation-II...don't give people an excuse to just catch Eevees for their evolutions.  Put some punch into regular, good 'ole Eevee first and the fans will love you for it.

You like that idea, don't you? You see, not all of my ideas are "put this in the game".  Some of them are "don't put this in the game."  I go both ways.

That sounded weird...

...hire me, Sugimori?