>>39197877The thing is, I've never cared about graphics. I've accepted that GameFreak don't really care about graphics either and our imagination as Pokemon fans fills in the gaps for the most part. Good graphics are an arms race to the bottom because they'll always date, they'll always look bad in 10 years time..that's just how it is and I'm fine with that.
But when you cut the Pokemon and we KNOW they're using the same models from X/Y...it's just, it crosses a line. I love GameFreak, I love Pokemon and I'm probably the biggest GF dick sucker ever. But there's no excuse for this. Even the removal of features I can be apologetic for, I get that it's kind of like AA in that each game has a unique mechanic and that's how each game is supposed to be memorable. I don't like it, but I think that's genuinely what they think and I begrudgingly accept their choice.
This just doesn't make sense. X/Y developed the 3D models for a 3DS game in the same space of time they've had to develop S/S. Gen 6 and 7 were both small in terms of number of Pokemon, so there's really not much extra work to do EVEN IF they were creating entirely new models.
The game doesn't need to be balanced, they don't need to 'make sense' in the Galar region...they just need to be transferable. Every other game has had that.
I know this argument has become insanely polarized and it's 'Shill vs Masuda Hater' but I'm probably about as 'shill' as you would normally get and even I think this is fucked up. If this can happen to a fan like me then you know it's bad. I'm still shocked they were able to do something that actually has made me annoyed and disappointed. There is just no excuse to not have them transferable, I cannot comprehend this situation and I won't even be personally affected - I had no plans to transfer. That's how badly these excuses don't wash - a complete GF apologist not even affected by this is mad at this situation. Fuck.
