>>50099547>Should have made a stand in your younger years, to get them to careThat wouldn't have worked unless I was a kid in Japan, the ONLY demographic they listen to.
With how successful Pokemania was going they already knew overseas consumers would be loyal sheep no matter what happened, even if the trend died.
Remember, they casualized world design and turned event Pokemon into free handouts after DP because Japanese kids complained that Mt. Coronet was too much of a pain in the ass to traverse and revisit, and didn't want to make them climb it yet again to go battle and capture Arceus.