>>36974216Think about it carefully, anon:
- Gamefreak's marketing team said they make the most profit from exposure of the anime (which loves NFEs because they're easier to animate) and selling cute toys
- The 3DS games are infamously easy due to opponents having minuscule parties and barely any moves to use against players
- Gamefreak said at the conference reveal that LGPE is a mainline title and they want it to be the frame of future games
Face it. Catching and battling pokemon is going to be cut completely from the games in just a few years.