>>35758808You answered your own question. Pokemon doesn't HAVE to do anything like you said because it'll make its money back and more anyway.
Pokemon is a billion dollar franchise of video games, coupled with a long-running anime, movies, trading cards, toys, and now even a mobile game, which - despite being beyond its heyday - is THE most popular and profitable gaming app.
There are people who "got off the ride" around generations 2 or 3, with only the most hardcore fans sticking around, or just new fans cycling in and out. Pokemon GO was a huge hit because it appealed to people who hadn't touched Pokemon in years. Hell, people are legitimately excited to GO BACK TO KANTO.
The easiest way to make bank is just to give people what they want. LGPE is a simple, casual take on the gen 1 games with GO catch mechanics, and a battle system that resembles the current style close enough that it could serve as a gateway to the next generation of games. Despite everything we bitch about - Kanto being 1:1 with its original version, the casual mechanics, whatever - the game will absolutely make bank and sell Switch consoles, and no amount of bitching on 4chan is going to stop that.
