>>37343471Not patterns, Word of God. Masuda admitting a Feb announcement for SM, when they were hamstrung by Nintendo to what they could reveal till May and the subsequent fan discontent generated by it was a mistake and vowing to avoid it in future. Crack and piss all you want with your patterns, thinking as it happened before in early months, it will again. But unlike in the past, we know there's a new core launching late in the year, we don't need Game Freak to tell us, much less so soon, with so little to show for so long again.