>>54192920Stuff I remember leading up to release:
1. Lucario and Weavile were revealed around the same time, and it lead to speculation that the games would have an Egyptian theme.
2. The announcement of the Physical/Special split pissed compfags off because they knew a lot of special mons would lose the Elemental Punches. They also were worried Earthquake would be special for some reason.
3. People fell for some really obvious fakes.
4. Rowan was speculated to be a bad guy.
5. Palkia/Dialga's designs were not well received at first, a lot of "literal Digimon" complaints.
It was generally agreed though that the games were a return to form after the polarising third generation. WiFi trading/battling was a game changer.
