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Kyuubi4269 posted...

adjl posted...

The only reason anyone expects all of their favourites to be accessible in every new Pokemon game is because that's how they've done it so far

"The only reason why they expect it is because that's how the games were made!"

What do you think about a pokemon game is so enticing to adults? The challengeless gameplay? The ridiculous and uninteresting plots? The shitty gimmicks that disappear every generation?

Getting your pokemon that you like and socialising with your friends on your unique pokemon preferences is its appeal. It's a social game, and if you remove the part that makes the pokemon transcend the individual game's ecosystem, you remove any reason to feel invested in your pokemon. They're stuck in whatever fucked edition you found it on where it will disappear from memory when that edition isn't relevant any more socially.

You can get another but its stats are different, its nature is different, its training is different, it is functionally different. Even some moves can only be gained by the pokemon learning it in another generation. The individual pokemon are unique and now a big block of them have been made completely redundant.

I have friends who get the game because they like to battle each other. But if they're going to use the same exact pokemon from before, then we can still battle on the old system. Why get a new game to battle each other if they want to use to the same team. If they get the new game, then you're stuck battling with whichever pokemon are in the game. But if you don't like those, then keep playing the older game.

But adjl is correct. Had they not always put all pokemon in the previous games, no one would expect them to. The only reason people expect them to now is because they have until this point...
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