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It must really suck to be Masuda.
>make BW and BW2 which basically give everything the older fans have ever wanted
>older fans love it but it alienates nostalgic gen 1 players and newcomers and don't sell super great
>Nintendo and GameFreak push back, demand simplifying gameplay and more gen 1 pandering
>gen 6 doesn't introduce as many Pokemon and gives lots of gen 1 love
>gen 7 is about the same
>games are selling better but the fans also hate you more than ever and blame you for every problem with the games that you had to implement on the demand of higher ups and then justify
And that's all before LGPE. Masuda's basically a retail worker that just earned a customer's ire because he wouldn't accept their 7 year old return.