The cuts for the Sw/Sh dex were worse than even the most pessimistic predictions

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Lonely_Dolphin said:

Kai_Mao said:

I barely get a quarter of 400 Pokemon in all of the main games I've played :P

I get some people are disappointed, but I think total amount of Pokemon is only part of the game. A significant part of it, sure, but not a determining factor on whether or not I buy it or not. Because there's more to the games than the total amount of Pokemon.

I've read some previews and most are pretty positive about the games. I'm looking forward to it.

So you'd buy the game even if it had no Pokemon in it!? You're paying more for less but surely you wouldn't pay more for absolutely nothing. xD

It's silly to try and downplay what a big deal this is, it's the freakin namesake. Literally every facet of the games involve Pokemon, without them there is no game.

Diminishing returns.  At a certain point, when there are more Pokemon than I'll ever actually use or even catch, the additional Pokemon will add nothing to my enjoyment.  There are also potential metagame benefits to having a smaller number of Pokemon.