>>42604932Does anyone else feel that XY were a genuine Phantom Menace moment for this fandom?
A bit of backstory, if you want it. Personally, my hype for these games (from January 2013 until September) was insane, I really liked the E3 stuff showing the "sky" battles or whatever the fuck and was buying every magazine that had some scraps, if any, of info on the games. These were the first 3D mainline titles, and were coming hot off of the trail of BW2 (which were fantastic games, played them in Japanese in June/July then English in November the previous year).
The leaks from that European or Brazilian copy that leaked a few days before the release date and that one Japanese person leaking shit really turned my hype into immeasurable denial, and then ultimately disappointment in the space of mere days. Only 60-ish new monsters. Pathetic postgame. No Poketransfer available at launch. In essence, an incomplete game with recycled layouts like the first forest and shit like the game-breaking Lumiose city glitch. And yet at the start I tried my fucking hardest to love the game, but looking back I remember next to nothing other than thinking it wasn't complete horseshit. It was enough to make me get Sun second-hand and then to not bother with USUM and the games beyond that.
If that isn't what a lot of folks experienced with TPM then I don't know what is. That said the prequels >>>>> sequels for all their flaws.
