You see this is what people mean by toxic. People can't be fine with this or clearly they are just blind defenders.
Also I certainly wasn't wrong. I expected the dex to be between 400-500 pokemon when we did that poll, so my expectations were met completely.
Its not JUST about numbers though.
- no returning legendaries save for Mew
- no returning starters save for Charmander lol
- no elite 4
- no decent post-game, no additional legendaries to catch.
- cut Mega's which removes viable usage of like 15 pokemon (but I guess most were cut so whatever)
Dont get me wrong, this is actually my favorite Gen design-wise, but it doesnt excuse the BS shill tactics GF STILL employs:
- Cut 60% of the roster and Mega's when X/Y converted 593 pokemon from 2D to 3D all with animations and an additional 100 pokemon including Mega's
- Releases 2 versions of a game that are BARELY different from one another, when something like Three Houses gives you FOUR different campaigns and a lot more replayability.
- Releases a remake/updated version that clearly keeps content out on purpose to sell a 3rd (or in Sun/Moon's case, a 3rd and 4th) version of a mostly similar game. The only one that gets a pass IMO was Black/White sequels, because they were actually sequels.
Monster Hunter is a franchise that only got extremely popular with World, and they entirely stopped doing the shill tactic rereleases GF still employs. They released Iceborne as DLC and even lowered the price of World overall.