>>46427322>Was player character customization a good addition?Yes, Pokemon's always been about (You), the player, having a unique adventure in the world of Pokemon. Character customization is a natural extension of that.
From an RPG standpoint, that's pretty much the core of an RPG, probably.
>Would you remove it if it meant that the development time would be spent on something else?Not like the core-mechanics of Pokemon (battling, catching, raising, collecting, trading Pokemon and so on) ever really change beyond gimmicks. And if there's anything to learn, it's that the games would still be lacking even if you removed one feature.
ORAS removed customization, and we got a copy-pasted Battle Maison from XY out of that. LGPE gutted a chunk of shit what most people thought were staples, and guess what? It had absolutely no substance in many other factors.
