>>41668050Correct, these are the first pokemon games I haven't bought, why? Because they are absolute trash that made me realize that the creators aren't fans of pokemon, it's literally JUST a job to them.
When Tolkien made Lord of the rings, he did it because of love, he truly wanted to create the best thing he could create, and it shows.
I once believed the same was true of pokemon but now I realize the people who make these games are just doing it as a job, trying to do as little as possible so they can get a paycheck.
I knew that the increasing number of pokemon would become a problem one day if they kept going the way they were going, I knew that they couldn't keep making new sprites for an ever increasing roster of pokemon.
So when they announced the shift to 3d I accepted it, because I knew it would have to be done, I was happy they were finally futureproofing the franchise. When they announced pokemon bank I was happy, because it was a part of this futureproofing. They sold me on pokemon bank because they sold me on the idea that we now had a perpetual system in place which could be used to transfer our pokemon to other generations.
But then transferring back wasn't possible, EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN CLEARLY PROGRAM POKEMON IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE!
I didn't understand why gamefreak constantly made stupid gimmicks like z-moves that took up developer time that could be spend on new pokemon. Nor why they were constantly getting rid of those gimmicks the next generation, instead of building the games up with new additions. I assumed they simply weren't happy with the quality.
I didn't understand why they designed crap pokemon that were clearly lowering the quality and integrity of "pokemon" as a concept, and assumed they were just oversights.
But then they announced there would be national dex....and yet, there would be dynamax....
