>>36355511Did you know every Pokemon game pior LGPE has had IV, EV, abilities, held items, wild Pokemon battles, and some sort of new feature?
Introducing new players isn't an excuse to take away features that have been since forever in the franchise (obviously some have been added thanks to the new hardware's capacities). Many /vp/ fags began to play since gens IV to V, when the series was at its peak. The games didn't have massive handholding or forced Kanto pandering, yet kids could easily play them thanks to basic logic and common sense while also appealing to older fans thanks to the great features and progressive challenge the games offered.
XY were greatly bashed due to its lack of difficulty and postgame, and SM did even worse. The franchise's future has been questioned multiple times thanks to the "kids have little attention spawn things xD" philosophy of Masuda and other important Pokemon faces. Fans have spoken multiple times but they are barely listened as Game Freak and Nintendo think we only want to see Kanto over and over when, in reality, those are only the trending and nostalgic people who don't really follow the franchise. Pokemon GO managed to introduce them and make them familiar with things like newer generations and more complex game mechanics, yet they are shitting on them with a soulless cashgrab which only panders to Kanto as they are taking away everything GO players really need in order to get into the main games in exchange of more Kanto pandering, more handholding for players who don't know the secondary game mechanics, taking away the exploration to make the games as linear as possible, and using shitty aesthetics to "appeal children".
They are disrespecting both new and old players with an even simpler game which takes away what even GO built during the last years. Every generation has managed to get new players without treating them like idiots, yed LGPE seem to shit on that philosophy, too.
