>>31934261No it didn't? Unless you mean to say the PWT pandered to Kanto while blindly dismissing it pandering to every other successive region after Kanto as well.
No. It started because of the absurd backlash Gen 5 got, and now, in following games, from XY to SM, you can see GF is terrified to step too far out of line with Gen 1, and keep pushing it in their games in a desperate attempt to keep their series relevant, as they're too cowardly to stick to their own guns.
