>>38673878If it was strictly tied to nostalgia, you would see Jhoto having it's cock slobbered all over upon because GS came out at the tippy top apex of Pokemon's popularity in the west, and yet, normalfags don't give a shit about Jhotomons. Not only that, it's always the same Kantomons getting preferential treatment: Starters, early route shitmons, Pokemon prominently shown in the anime, Eeveelutions, and Mewtwo. When people say "Kanto was a very popular region it had great Pokemon!", they really mean "These dozen and a half or so Kanto Pokemon were very popular!". So long as you slap a starter, Pikachu, Eevee, or Mewtwo on something they will eat it up like gourmet. Nobody actually gives half a fuck about 80%+ of the Kantodex, but hey, the normies love Pikachu, Jigglypuff, and Shillizard, so surely the development time spend on Alolan forms for Rattata, Sandshrew, Diglett, Geodude, Grimer, Exeggutor, Raichu, and Marowak will really have those nostalgiafags going apeshit (it didn't because nobody gives a shit about these mons).
