>>57239744Yeah it's really not but don't be disingenuous, the actual social aspect of XY is what made it stand out compared to anything before it and Kanto pandering helped it spread its reach outside of Pokémon fans. I live in Bumfuck Nowhere and it was the first time I could actually do trade evos with others thanks to better online features.
Also it wasn't just that Gen 1 mons existed, it's the general pandering and spotlight they got compared to Gen 6 mons. I actually like a lot of Gen 6 mons and that's why I'm partially bummed by the focus on Gen 1. It's my subjective take, for the record; because as much as people piss shit and cry over it, at the time the Kanto pandering was popular and well received. It's due to later games like Let's Go Pee and Gen 8 that nerdier fans got tired of it and blamed XY for starting it.
Personally though in my original post I just called it soulless fanservice because that's how it feels to me. I notice that it actually does Gen 3 fanservice better, it references the region more playfully and sprinkles hints at the coming of ORAS in nice and unexpected ways.
Gen 6 games without online lose part of their backbones and it will happen to the Switch games that heavily rely on online features too. In a way is it really fair of me to judge Gen 6 as "okay" when now we're missing out on what made the experience stand out? Now all I see is low res graphics and feeling like I want to play a Z version with an expanded plot on the War from 3000 Years Ago and more areas with more mons to catch (idc if the dex is too big already, it's actually a feature of Kalos if anything).
