All posts by Rayquaza Dinosaur 37

It's obvious it won't. It's the highest grossing franchise in the world after all. However, it has become evident with SV that Nintendo/Game Freak/The Pokemon Company no longer cares about the main series as much as they did once. It's quite obvious that SV was rushed, however I think it was rushed so they could pump out some new Pokemon before Pokemon Go and the other cash cows could catch up with all the current Pokemon. They're also running out of ideas. It is my personal hot take that regional variants, though amazing in most cases, are a living example of recent uncreativity in Pokemon designs. Not to mention that in several cases, Gen 9 Pokemon have been "inspired" or straight up copied by popular Fakemon created by the community (Scovillain, Palafin, Sandy Shocks etc.) I think it's about time this franchise was put to rest. Otherwise, the quality will continue to deteriorate as people still swallow the crap that they pump out on a somewhat yearly basis.

I just fought Ting-Lu and I accidentally killed it. What happens now? Do I need to find all the Stakes again or something?

From every trailer I've seen so far, none of the new Pokemon designs appeal to me at least. But I don't think they're bad either. I feel absolutely nothing about them. It feels like there is no work put into them anymore, that they have no reason to exist other than to fill up a dex. They all seem quite unfinished, with very simplistic and bland designs (Smoliv, Bellibolt, Gimmighoul, The Mouse Pokemon shown for a brief moment in the trailer) or overdesigned in a way that makes them look really off-putting and tiring (Armarouge, Ceruledge, Koraidon), or excuses to fill dex spots without having to create something original (Paldean Wooper, Wiglett). I love regional variants, but convergent species are pushing it a little too far towards "we're bored of making new Pokemon so we're just recycling gen 1" territory. This is also true for the starters, they are the most generic, bland, least emotion-inducing starters we've ever had. The design of the region itself and the gameplay seems to be getting better but this seems to only be achieved by sacrificing the Pokemon themselves.

Is there something I'm missing?

Like this but without the Pokemon and its information .