>>29665032Comparing the number of pokemon across gens is a fickle thing i think. New forms/megas require the same amount of data and work as a cross-gen evolution. It's silly to not count them.
Lets face it. Unova turned off a lot of people by having TOO MANY pokemon. People felt that a garbage pokemon and a snowcone pokemon was going to far. GF had to make a change. They decided to give us alternate forms of fan favorite pokemon instead of scraping the bottom of the barrel to crank out crapmon.
And i think that was the correct decision.