>>51717453Because it detracts from work that could be better used actually improving the game world, thinking of new shit to do rather than "grind X/Y/Z for an A/B/C% chance to meet A.N. Other shitmon". They're adding over a hundred *new* pokémon this time, something not seen since the sprite days because they deliberately said "we're not working on these, to allow us to use the time saved to make new additions to our world". They're trying new concepts for pokémon, a little more adventurous than just "re-draw it slightly and recolour it" (and I say that as a bloke who loves both flavours of Ninetales and the concept of Regionalisation as it stands) while also fleshing out the region they introduced (Wooper losing a territorial battle which drove it inland to marshy areas, inferring the Wiglett species were the culprits, given they seem to thrive in environments similar to regular Woop). Hell, they even improved the shit out of Raid battles, fuck they brought Raid battles back full-stop.
But oh no, spinda missed the cut, how shocking - a meme jokemon cant be stared at in a box in the newest games, the huge manatee.
