The real reason for Game Freak's choice of visuals.

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Random_Matt said:
You really do not help the idea that Nintendo fans defend their franchises to death, sorry, this game warrants all the flak it gets.

You really do not read anything before posting do you?

I never said the game did not have flaws and that there was not debatable reason for someone not to want to play.  I was simply pointing something out that I thought about regarding traditional handheld games coming to Switch from devs that make traditional handheld games, and why this might not equate to a huge console experience that some might wish them to become.  Pokemon and the thought about battery life was the example.

But if your logic is that enjoying a game is being blind to its flaws and protecting anything, then all you are proving is how closed minded you are and how little you have brought to the conversation.

Flilix said:

Random_Matt said:
You really do not help the idea that Nintendo fans defend their franchises to death, sorry, this game warrants all the flak it gets.

Even as a total Nintendo fanboy, I'm starting to get this impression as well. Any major release of Nintendo gets a whole group of defenders by default.

It's pretty remarkable that the response of the Pokémon fanbase is mostly negative, while other Nintendo fans seem to go very far in defending it from the 'haters'.

The response from Pokemon fans on the internet have been largely negative.  However most of the Pokemon fanbase does not really participate in these forums, so there is no telling what the vast majority thinks.  Judging by sales of the game, it cannot be that bad.  And from the outside looking in, I have arguably seen just as many Pokemon fans on the net liking the game as those that hate it.

Full disclosure, I am looking at this from the outside looking in.  I am a gen 1 Pokemon player that stopped after yellow.  This is my first game to return to, and I am having a blast.  Most of the complaints regarding the national dex and the cuts mean NOTHING to me.  With that in mind, what I see is a good game that deserves the 8/10.

I am not defending the game, I almost did not buy it as I have said before (glad I did).  That is not even what this thread is about.  But what I am noticing is that fans who are upset about the success of the games for whatever reason somehow feel the need to hijack any discussion that mentions Pokemon just to complain about it.

Now Fililix, I am not refering to you when I say this as I know you to be level headed.  But when someone says that most of the Pokemon fanbase is upset about the game, they seem to using tunnel vision due to their own disappointment.  From the outside looking in, there are just as many who are fine with it as those that hate it and they are just attacking eachother.

The game has flaws, and I blame no one for not buying it for their own reasons.  But it is also a good game, and if it is still a mega hit for being a good game no one has the right to hate on those who bought it.  The vast majority obviously did not have a problem with it.  People who enjoy the game deserve no less respect than those who gave it a pass.