>you have to pay a subscription to trade or battle online
>you actually literally have to pay money to use a feature in a game you already purchased at full retail price
>a feature that has been previously free in every prior game for the series

are we so conditioned for taking corporate dick that there's no fight in us left to even complain or notice this?
this is easily the most criminal feature in the entire game for sword and shield and it's been entirely swept under the rug