>>43173182this is true in an oblique way
gen 5 was game freak's magnus opus. the ultimate culmination of trained skill and passion for their craft. works of fine art, essentially.
but they got roughly the same reception as any other pokémon game. you still had kids saying shit like
>>43173262 because >NO TWO REGIONS and >WHERE'S MY POKE WALKER FAGS.
that's when they gave up. if they get the same response no matter how much effort they put in, why bother?
you see it immediately in XY. utterly passionless by the numbers games. you walk through viridian forest again because why bother making a new area. you need a poké flute to get snorlax off the bridge because why bother writing a new scenario. why bother fleshing out the evil team's motivation and character. why bother making the game hard. why bother balancing the exp curve. why bother letting the player explore. et cetera.
and it worked, which gave us LGPE and SwSh and presumably the rest of the series from now on.
i'll elaborate further in my next post.
