In lieu of the new ones, I'm playing Ni No Kuni on PS3. Came out early last year, just a good ass game animated by Studio Ghibli guys, it kinda feels like a mixture of every good JRPG I've ever played, right down to the fact you have to fight little monsters, catch them, and make them evolve. It's as close to an open world Pokemon game I've ever played, for sure.
Yeah, a lot of the new designs suck pretty bad, but you get some really cool ones too. The big special ones for the Emerald generation (Kyogre, uhhhhh shit, Rayquahaza or something and the other one, the red lizard thing) all look really cool.