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>Lead Gen III
>Lose most of the fanbase after Johto's drop off and has his games viewed with incredible amounts of polarized opinions despite doing some of the most mechanically important things for the series
>Lead D/P
>Game ends up rushed out due to mounting deadlines and still getting used to developing for the DS, plagued by complaints of slowness and HM reliance
>Lead B/W and try to expand the scope of the franchise and the world with deeper storytelling, mythos and characterization
>Even more polarization leading to some very loud voices decrying it as the Death of Pokemon
>Lead X/Y, scaling things back from B/W and focusing more on QoL and nostalgia to grab people scared off by Gen V
>Roaring applause and the highest sales since the Game Boy days
Masuda's a broken man, anon. And we were the beatstick that did it.
