>>37678162Both were unecessary and shat on the relative simplicity (compared to other monster franchises) that is the appeal of Pokemon.
That being said, the worst part is that they were a "one generation thing" and that it may keep going that way.
Had they simply added Mega and kept expanding on them in the following gens, it might have been alright.
But it seem they'll just keep adding new unecessary shallow shits in every new generations, and that's pure cancer.