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Oh, and I forgot, this guys claims to be a playtester, and says that playtesting involves being allowed to play for a set amount of time. Nowhere does he say exactly where he's playtesting.
Gamefreak and cutscene hell:
>Gamefreak are the ones responsible for cutscene hell and handholding because they want to be like modern games with storytelling
>Nintendo head suggested forced share xp because every other RPG does it
More about the relationship between Nintedo and GF:
>GF needs approval from Nintendo/TPCi if they want to patch dex
>Nintendo very unhappy with reddit seething and have seen backlash
>Big thing planned for 25th anniversary in 2021
>Nintendo and TPCi decide how long each gen is
>games are rushed out to fit the anime schedule, anime runs out of content faster because games are short, games have to be rushed again for new anime
>Game profits split between TPCi which only gets 5%, Nintendo gets more than game freak of the remainder
>GF staff split between different simultaneous projects, resulting in Ohmori making the Trials entirely on his own (this we know)
Notably, he claims GF work weeks can reach up to 144 hours.
There are several parts were the video cuts off and resumes, like here. Not sure if this affect the already low credibility.