>>40445523Personally, I really am curious to see what the sales are like to see how strong Pokemon really is as a brand name
This has probably be the worst pre-release hype cycle yet, the fanbase has had constant in-fighting ever since the announcement of the dexcuts, and Gens 3 and 5 are in the bottom three least-selling gens and part of their criticisms involved the dex (specifically, being unable to transfer RBY/GSC Pokemon to RSE, and being unable to use older Pokemon in BW), yet on the other hand, it's also on a new console and Christmas is coming around the corner as well; if Pokemon can make the same or greater sales compared to last gen, it's impossible to argue against Pokemon being one of the strongest media brands, probably up there with Disney
Anyway, I'll probably stick around for the datamine, -maybe- buy one if I actually like what I see from said datamine (cause nothing shown so far has really grabbed my attention in the slightest), and then stop browsing /vp/ for about a year to avoid the bulk of the shitflinging