>>51233038>Same thing happened with Yugioh, that's why Duelist Kingdom was so fucking weirdI know other people already pointed it out to you but I still wish to shame you for it
Duelist Kingdom exists because Yugioh was about games first and trading cards were just one part of it and the one that readers liked the most, and Takahashi has said his favorite genre is tabletop RPG's
>Nowadays companies will look over the shoulder of people doing adaptations of their IPs and nitpick every detail.You are right about this though. Pokemon at its full potential wouldn't be in the games, especially not back then