>>56454561>Legend Z-A is probably the Pokemon game surrounded by the biggest pressure from fanbase...ever.Not even close. I would say PLA had way more pressure.
It all started with ORAS not having the BF or substantial postgame content. Fans began to voice their displeasure, but they were a small amount since Pokemon had just come off some pretty good games, with the exception of XY.
Then SM was underwhelming, and USUM brought back rehashed third versions, except this time it didn't have much new content or an extensive postgame for the 4th game in a row.
By the time SWSH was announced, the people who voiced their displeasure with GF had grown in numbers by a lot. The dex cut ended up increasing those numbers and all hell broke lose.
There were hashtags, dislikes on every new pokemon video, and people were even making up stories about Masuda using bugs on women.
SWSH was underwhelming as well but then, in a very clear effort to appease fans, GF announced BDSP and PLA. I personally think there would have been an even bigger shitstorm than the one in SWSH if they hadn't announced PLA.
So, with all of these years of angry fans, PLA had to knock it out of the park or end up being hated as well.
ZA has the massive advantage of SV being better received than SWSH and PLA still being fresh in people's minds. It has some pressure to be good, but nowhere near the pressure PLA had.
