>>49371784No. It was a good idea. I think the problem is it benefitted from being added into an already well developed system of game mechanics where GF kind of knew exactly where they wanted to place a new type. As opposed to the OG types or Dark + Steel, Fairy absolutely was slotted into its position based on what parts of the meta GF had been studying at that point in time. And once Fairy was placed at that high point, it's kind of hard to take it back down.
Another way of explaining is that Fairy was added to a meta that had already developed with all knowledge of that meta's intricacies having been figured out, so it could be placed into the meta in a very precise way to do a very precise job. In comparison, today Steel definitely feels like GF is playing favorites, but when they created it the Steel type was limited by the amount of Pokemon with that type and its movepool -- both being super sparse. Same with Dark. Now we have a meta that's developed around them where what once was meant to be a "really rare strong type" (Steel) is now kind of common, due to the evolution of the games demanding it, so it feels kind of overpowered. Dark on the other hand really had to prove itself, and they worked over the years to curate that type into where it's at today. Again: Fairy just sort of had the luxury of being placed into an already developed meta, so it hasn't had as much time to be "playtested" to discover its genuine flaws and strengths.
>tl;dr Fairy is not a mistake. But it also is too new and not "tested" enough to really see where it lands yet 
