I just checked the list on the front page of this thread. Our choices are so limited with Ferrothorn counters. IMO Arcanine/Ninetales are borderline OU tier, but that's just me being hopeful. Charizard seems to be the only good pick to stop Ferrothorn. 

Volcarona is gone. Talonflame is gone. Heat Rotom isn't anywhere near OU tier, and using him forces people to give up on the insanely OP Wash Rotom. 

Hopefully there are four or five new Fire Poke'mon in Sword/Shield that can take out Ferrothorn. Or some new move that messes him up. 

The table has one error: Talonflame's family did make it to Sw/Sh. Still doesn't really change anything though, the meta is going to be so concentrated.

On the campaign:

So the streamer I've been watching is at the Pokemon League in under 15 hours in a blind run.

There was only a 15 minute gap between beating the 7th and 8th gyms.

There is no Victory Road. Just a simple straight route leading to the league.

What the fuck is wrong with pacing in this game.

https://imgur.com/a/e4rpFlz#ca4PGav

https://imgur.com/a/mo7CzXb

Every new leak or intentional release concerning S/S has dampened any hype I had. If you're going to charge $20 more, you need earn that extra dough.

Cut content, atrocious visuals, lying to consumers, that last one in particular irks me. I don't think I'll be supporting this game at launch. It's not like I don't already have other games competing for my time.

Cancelling the launch event in Japan shows they know the game's a misfire.

But I am curious, to everyone who is buying the game, what has justified the extra $20 you'll be spending? What are the new features that's convinced you to pay more, or would you have always spent $60 on each Pokemon title had they launched at that price point?

I was thinking along this line as well. Of all the ones those choose to keep, they choose some with the worse designs, particularly Vanilluxe.

A few of the others are the special Pikachi/Eevee moves froms Lets Go, so those are hardly surprising.

The thing I'm finding a bit surreal is that for the last few generations more people had been saying that the number of Pkemon was getting too big. Then they actually cut some temporarily and everyone goes mental.

Why? Pokemon's fanbase is huge, and like this event has demostrated, everyone has different opinions about what the series should and shouldn't do.

so i am buying it, even tho i am one of the #bringbacknationaldex people...

reason 1.

i was looking at the leaked pokemon and there are somw designs that i really love! i don't wanna miss these pokemon especially if i maybe won't be able to get them later. (its a weird feeling like saving them from the bad developers and hoping to bring them over to a better game one day...)

2.

i really wanna make myself a picture of the game myself! i wanna be able to tell people if the game is really bad and that i have played it!

It was hard to digest at first, but after watching how Sword/Shield is probably the biggest upgrade on a Pokemon game, I believe the cut is justifiable, or worth it at least.

However, the greatest beauty of Pokemon games is the after game, which will be severly downgraded by the big cut. I just hope there is more in there than just the 400 Gallar Dex.

I believe the chances of getting the rest as DLC are very high. We are live in the add-on era, and for a game that is selling more than 10m, resources and effort is not an excuse. You get our money, hire more and do it. As for the balance issue, they can always cut moves and downgrade overpowered pokemon to keep the balance. Pokemon is about Gotta Catch'em all!!

It's not an upgrade at all, even graphically.

Sun and Moon looked better than this. ORAS looked better than this. Every DS/GBA instalment looked better than this. The Let's Go games looked better than this.

Scaling is fucked too, look how tiny Snorlax and Wailord are.

Wailord's supposed to be 48'10", the second largest Pokemon there is. It's dwarfed by a 10 year-old.

Climbing ladders freezes all characters in the overworld. This is more than broken, it's advanced broken.