>>49960207>nothing newNot the point. They have a presence in the world and traits which make them stand out to the playerbase.
>Now look at the mega recipients, the icons from across the region, featured legendaries and double megas, returning character references, and ryhorn racing, as well as story plot points like snorlax, lapras, viridian forest, tower of mastery. It's clear Kalos relied on nostalgia rather new "new thing is cool", because it wasn't.All that and they STILL managed to put out successful new characters. Best of both worlds, really. Old fans get a nice trip down memory lane, new fans get legendary 'mons like pic related.