Exactly.
That is really awesome. Fragmenting the community would be really the worst. PLus all the new pokemons can be used even from those without the expansion.
That's due to the increase in game prices. If they were to do a third version then it wouldn't end up at 90 euros
Hey, never said that it couldn't be' worse.
There's actually no benefit to buying both at present because you can't trade between save files on the same Switch, so this notion you need to for a full experience is curious
That's why i used that word. I have been defending and talking about DLC for Pokemon for years now, and even here people told me its a pipe dream to expect gamefreak to go down that route with the base game being updated in a way that goes well beyond the normal content in Pokemon. And well, we are finally seeing that happen, but not in the way I expected it. SwSh as is definitely didn't feel like the sort of game that would get DLC and I easily saw it getting a sequel fixing a lot of its issues, with Gen 9 being the starting point for DLC. Again, if the base game is strong enough this direction is more than acceptable, but with a weal base game I do have my doubts.
At present there are 454 Pokémon not coded in the game. When the final pack is out, there will be no more than 254 Pokémon not coded in. Each pack says "More than 100 returning Pokémon" afterall
Do we know if all Legendaries will be included in the Dex with the expansion?
We know many are, but many weren't listed including Regigigas and the Ultra Beasts
Because I may or may not be playing Pokemon Sun to get some Legendaries that I missed lol
I dunno why may brain derped at 400, but I think the answer is around 300 still? There's 890 pokemon in total, 402 are currently in the game with the 400 in the dex plus Mew and Slowpoke. Over 200 are being added and I guess the point of contention is if the datamined pokemon are part of the 200 being added back in or not (The trailers marketed the return of previously datamined ones like Reshiram and Zekrom). Plus we don't know if those 200+ are also including new pokemon like Kubfu and the new Regi's. I wouldn't be surprised if each pack had about 10 to 20 new pokemon in them (Which is a good thing to have).
But they're fully in the game, hence Mew.
I mean the only pokemon games that could be updated before were the 3DS fames and 3DS had terrible digital sales. With switch expanding the digital market so much on Nintendo consoles it only makes sense to make expansions intead of a rerelease.
I don't think that should be too surprising. Most multiplayer games with additional paid content do that because, as you said, segmentation is a terrible thing for a userbase. I think people are complaining that there are 2 expansion passes though, which means it's more akin to their recent trend with B2/W2 or USUM and opposed to how it use to be with Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum, which is very much a valid complaint
