>>55742048This was a "damned if you do / damned if you don't" situation.
If you let Pokemon be petted wherever, furries will touch them where their genitals would be. If you don't let the Pokemon be petted where their genitals would be, that would generate controversy since it would imply you can have sexual interactions with fantasy creatures in a kids game.
I just want to pet my shiny fossil Pokemon on the Switch games and of course Game Freak would deny that. Can't have anything nice for Aurorus with this franchise :(