>>38959529you're spot on, but i'll just add this: the transfer system was the only selling point it had left over any other jrpg. now that they've ruined that, what's left? the dumbed-down gameplay with gimmicks? the upscaled 3ds graphics? the game boy animations? the straight-line corridor routes? the cringeworthy story and terrible characters?
masuda has just made it so there is no reason to ever play pokemon over anything else in the genre. this is unironically one of the stupidest decisions in the history of gaming.
