>>37727686>This is also the same reason why following Pokemon weren't in gen 5 even though HGSS had them. BW were built off of Platinum.*Diamond and Pearl
No, it's just because they remvoed them.
You realize ALL of Gen 4 had following Pokémon to some extent, right?
Also, they'd start on the next Gen basically the moment the current one is done even if only thinking up ideas without committing to anything.
Platinum and HG/SS were made by the smaller side team and have nothing to do with Gen 5. Black and White were following from Diamond and Pearl, not Platinum.
By your logic X/Y were following up on B2/W2. They weren't and they said they weren't. That's why things like difficulty settings didn't reappear - those were added to B2/W2 when X/Y was already well in the works. Not that we needed to be told because it was obvious.
Also, not that that's really any excuse. There's no good reason they wouldn't hold meetings to cross reference and take ideas all around to include in upcoming games.
It only tells you they're just as terrible at working as a company as they are at game design. They're not some HQ with a bunch of studios dotted around the world - they're all in the same fucking building. Same floor even.
