>>38603332I mean they're not wrong. 90 sounds like a lot but if you stop and think about what those 90 will entail;
-half a dozen legendaries
-At least 1 "one of a kind" non-legendary (like castform/spiritomb)
-a minimum of Four route 1 shitmons
-the garbage cat pokemon
-the pikachu clone
-the duo/trio (meowstic/the monkeys from gen V) who will also be garbage
the non evolving fighting types (bert and ernie in Gen VII)
then you have all the first form and middle evolution of pokemon that are space fillers
So, save for the late game dragon type there will "at best" be 5 pokemon worth raising in this game, and probably 2 that are competitively viable that aren't legendary.
this is why I like that nice number of 130-150 new pokemon, becasue they don't have to fill up the region with a bunch of pokemon you've already seen in past games and it give a nice buffer for the shitmons they feel obligated to put into these games like incredibly frail but cute grass type pokemon and the overwhelming amount of legendaries.
