>>39061784backpedaling only works that way if they keep every other promise. the game will have to be pretty, have colorful expressive pokemon and environments, let you import, and run well.
even then, it doesn't work like that. bad word of mouth and public relations to a level that made an interestingly large section of the internet explode means lasting damage will be done, at least for this region's generation. how much damage remains to be seen, but smiling happy sunshine time is over for a lot of people, and that counts for something. call of duty, battlefield, fallout 76, shit like apex legends and anthem, the xbox one just as a whole. none of them have really recovered from their comparatively smaller controversies, with cod and bf technically being about as big considering how many copies those games sell rivaling pokemon.
there are a lot of doomsayers calling for the end to come in the street with their sandwich boards. the end isn't quite coming, but you sometimes wish it does when that boot swiftly connects with your nuts.
