>>34235239Holy shit, that would explain a lot.
>being forced through the school when it's normally been optional in the past>the type effectiveness being displayed on your Pokemon's moves>tutorials nonstop>Rotomdex's map and red flag on where you need to go>GO development conceived 2014, released 2016>SM probably conceived around that same time, released in November same year as GO>GF probably anticipated GO to at least draw in attention regardless if it succeeded or not (we knew it was going to succeed because of the Pokemon brand name alone), which led to them deciding to cripple Gen 7 into being as newb-friendly as possible. 