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StarOcean said:
 

This is a spin-off. And a remake at that.

So which is the truth? Rhetorical question because it is in fact a mainline game. Nintendo said as much when they announced it and the finished product does indeed play like a traditional Pokemon game. The removal of content and mechanics doesn't mean it's suddenly a different genre, just that it's a worse game. Even if it were true that it's a spin-off, less content is still less content, being a spin-off doesn't somehow make that a good thing. Gates to Infinity for example got criticized for not including all Pokemon all the same.