>>41568796Yeah, the company well know for playing the long game is all about riding it's biggest franchise into the ground for short term profit, I'm sure.
Why the fuck do you think they're so protective of their IP? Unlike other devs who risk having things like trademarks stripped eventually, Nintendo is having none of it.
They're making sure they are always up front in the game of their IP so they can keep money flowing from them to them into the future. Nintendo wouldn't be doing this.
TPC also appears to be in this vein for the most part.
Meanwhile all of the bad decisions and logic come from Game Freak.
Doesn't accept help, doesn't delay to take time, doesn't focus, doesn't care about quality, doesn't allow others to do games etc. etc.