>gamefreak apologists claim we are no longer the demographic, hence no implementation of difficulty options and overall dumbing-down of a lot of gameplay elements.

>yet gamefreak want to market the game based on its 20 year history.

What exactly do apologists get out of letting gamefreak get away with handholding casualizing bullshit when gamefreak full well KNOW that this is the sort of stuff meant for veteran fans who play these games?

yet, no difficulity settings ever ever.