>>56624974>First off, I'll state that, as many people have suggested, XY did indeed suffer from being rushed, although the amount of New Pokemon was not actually part of this. It was decided early on, due to the focus on creating 3D models and the amount of New Pokemon added a few years before in BW, that XY would have a small amount of Pokemon. Instead, mainly the rush to have the game out in 2013 was at the loss of much of the game's planned plot elements, which is why the final version feels so fragmented. Furthermore, quite a few areas that were planned were also cut. There were also numerous gameplay features planned and then dropped, but information on those are more tight-lipped since they may be used in future games, so I can't say much about gameplay elements. Anyway, here's basically a list of cut content I've learned about, starting with plot, then characters, then Pokemon themselves. The part about a few areas that were planned being cut is evidently true, as anyone who just saw the scrapped southern half of Kalos can attest to.
