>>28201263I don't know man, I think that being a Pokemon fan and 'hating' any gen instead of accepting pros and cons of every of them is childish regardless of age.
Also, from my point of view, Alolan forms aren't even a form of 'genwunner pandering' simply because being genwunner is mostly about """"purity"""" of Pokemon and not accepting any changes/progress made after 1st or 2nd gen. If I was a 'genwunner', I'd probably think of it as a blasphemy or just not care about it because it's a fucking 7gen and I'm busy with my life and I'm not gonna think about a game I haven't played in a decade.
I think it's actually targeting the younger players, just to introduce them to the oldest mons and make them think 'hey, I'm curious about these mons, how did they look before?'.
Nobody wants their creations to be forgotten so easily, every gen needs some love.
