>>57587329>anecdotesinvalid for obvious reasons since anyone can find anecdotes in any direction
>that critiqueyou're free to hate the game for this reason
now that we got that out of the way, it doesn't make it a shit game compared to every other pokemon game. they all have features above each other, and so naturally people's favorite games will probably be dictated by the unique features.
>b-but the replacements are worse!-is your opinion, hence why you dislike unova games, buttoners do because they prefer those replacements to the other features. really simple
>it sold poorlythis legitimately means nothing when the franchise grosses what it does. any other would kill for numbers like BW, and there are many IRL factors explaining why it did that this thread and others beat to death
I don't think I'm "rejecting" what you're saying in the sense of a " 'it's bad' 'no, it's good' " type of way, just giving my thoughts and trying to get to the "therefore ____"