>>40545252i see it like this. the dust won't settle on how loud shills are, it will settle on what the domestic sales are. if SS bomb in japan, it will the the second major pokemon game in a row to bomb there, and that will be the point we see intervention. If that doesnt happen though, all i can say is hope masuda either retires or dies of a heat attack from too much curry because he's the root of why the games are so lackluster if not outright bad nowadays. Taijiri is also a bad egg but his meddling regards the brand itself doing scummier things rather than directly reducing the quality of the core experience.
