>>26451927I wouldn't give up all hope just yet.
Megas are here and a part of the series for good, sure. At some point though GameFreak might come to the realization that churning out megas every gen isn't going to revolutionize much. I think alternate branch evolutions to old mon could pop up in the future. Personally, I like what Gen 4 gave us (for the msot part) but I think we'll get more in the vein of gen 2 like Politoed, Slowking, and Bellossum.
