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>Game promises to focus on Trainers, not Pokemon
>Waifu/Husbando audience is instantly interested
>Promise to bring back characters from all generations, along with fan favorites
>Have Christmas versions of a whopping 2 characters (after completely ignoring Halloween)
>Do nothing interesting with them besides a limited event "story" and 1-day story event that can be easily missed because it's on Christmas Eve when most people won't be on their phones
Rosa doesn't even have "Holiday" phrases, she just says the exact same lines as her normal version.
All of the pieces are there, they just don't know what to do with them. They're giving us free currency like the game's being shut down, and making promises that are going to take way too long to keep.