TL;DR Pidget is waaaay faster than Charizard. See also: Rapidash and Torterra.
Would it be possible to scale (or if there already is a scale, make it heavier) the riding speed of pokemon based either on their Speed stat or their canonical speed? (i.e. Pidget being faster than sound in the cartoons) That would make racing a new, fun way to play the game, allowing players to re-create the Rapidash-Dodrio race on their self-made courses.
(2) New Pokemon Calls
TL;DR Community contribution? Issues with Copyright?
While there are some pokemon calls in the game that are spot-on, others are more lackluster. This is becoming obvious as the models are getting increasingly realistic. Maybe consider drawing in some of the audio manipulation crowd by taking new files for pokemon cries, like you're currently doing for animations and models? I am also wondering if somehow GameFreak (or whoever owns Pokemon....Disney? :) ) would have an issue with just recording the sound made by a pokemon in a cartoon and converting it directly into the game. Thoughts?