As we approach the launch of Pokemon Sword and Shield, the Japanese Pokemon community has started slamming Junichi Masuda, the producer for the games, for making a "heartless" tweet that is related to the cutting of Pokemon.
It all started when Twitter user @Hathuurui tweeted to Masuda photos of her Bayleef and Bayleef nails. She showed Masuda her Bayleef nails and told him she's "looking forward to the launch of Pokemon Sword and Shield with my dear Bayleef".
Junichi Masuda retweeted her post with the word "thanks!!!":
While it may seem like an innocent reply, what @Hathuurui probably didn't know was Bayleef and its entire evolutionary family have been cut from Pokemon Sword and Shield, meaning there's no way to transfer Bayleef into the games. Thus, Japanese fans called Masuda's response to @Hathuurui "very heartless", as it could have raised @Hathuurui's hopes that Bayleef made it into Sword and Shield.
Here's what the Japanese players have to say, as compiled and translated by Redditor REDChReNiC:
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I for one am glad Masuda's insensitivity and cruelty has been properly reproached by fans. All he had to do was stay silent, instead he decided to put his foot in his mouth.
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