>>42830657The fallout WASN'T on Nintendo though - they got out squeaky clean to their investors. Game Freak, being a privately-owned company STILL have no shareholders to get arsey over the reaction and didn't give a fuck what it was going to be, it was never going to match the level of vitriol it did in Gen III when shit just WASN'T able to go from II to III.
Dextards essentially did what they claimed those that didn't give a shit about the cut were doing - they shilled Sword and Shield for 5 months solid, as they HAD to keep dragging the topics up to cry over, leading to a more widespread knowledge that the game existed ("We'Re Wa KiNg ThE nOrMiEs Up!1!") and they did it without taking a single penny off ANYONE to do it.