>>36982566I kind of agree. I feel like this general staple people expect from these games are the main reason the battle and stats system have remained so stale. Because any kind of significant change would be doing it for every single old pokemon, meaning their workload increases exponentially each gen. If it meant actual change-ups I wouldn't mind there only being ~200 pokemon each game with 50~75% of them being new. And of course, returning pokemon should be decided based on what fits the region instead of nostalgia or popularity. Don't think it's worth this stagnation just to satisfy some karenfags.
