>>44718597>a game with official tournaments for money, ranked battles and consistently improved balance decisions isn't intended to be competitiveImagine still believing this. Also, over 1 million people played ranked battles in the first season of SWSH, so the idea that competitive play isn't big enough for them to care about is long outdated.
The bans that GF did for the current season was a temporary change for fun, not because they're trying to rectify some balance decision they made.