>>423825471. Sun and Moon sold more. In the first week, Sun and Moon sold way over S&S's 6 million. This isn't surprising also because Pokemon is the highest grossing media franchise of all time.
2. Metacritique says otherwise
3. If that is true, you wouldn't be defending it right now
4. If that is true, you wouldn't be defending it right now
5. Fucking LOL. The most I will give you is there aren't as many bad designs as gen 7
6. Ya. Needing to pay in order to trade with people online is a great quality of life feature
7. Pokemon is and always has been an unbalanced nightmare. This is why third parties have to step in and set rules, but ranked online doesn't have those which makes it an awful meta nightmare.
8. In 6 years when Nintendo moves onto their new console, they will drop online support for the Switch so you wont be able to download the "Free content" that should have been in the base game to begin with. DLC is only good for PC because they don't have to worry about obsolete hardware.
Also, quick reminder Gamefreak lied to you and is selling back to you what they said they had to cut because "All of the models and animation in the game are brand new!"