During an interview in Tokyo this week, head of Game Freak, Tsunekazu Ishihara, and the Pokemon Company, confirmed that the firm is working closely with central Nintendo to develop a GameCube Pokemon RPG.

“The demand for a GameCube game is great and we have finalised the engine and much of the artwork, as will be seen in the Pokemon games for GameCube that we have already announced,” said Ishihara-san. “We are confident for the project’s success.

And about time too. This news has brought about rumour that Nintendo aims to release a massively multiplayer Pokemon RPG, complete with real-time online battling and the like - surely the ultimate dream for Poke-fans.

As soon as more is revealed, you’ll be the first to know.