I hope everyone's right about it doing well, I just worry that LGPE did well because the marketing and the design in general was targeted at a more casual audience, not because the hardcore crowd bought it anyway. I fear that Sw/Sh as a mainline Pokemon title might be more vulnerable to the hardcore crowd not liking it because their excitement tends to be what drives excitement for the game, and if the marketing doesn't target casuals specifically and depends on the hype machine to get the word out, the fans might disappoint them. I say this as someone not particularly bothered by the "controversies" of the national dex and transferring from previous games because I never "catch 'em all" or transfer from game to game. I just think the marketing strategy for the mainline Pokemon games is more driven by a fan-based hype machine than LGPE was, and that this controversy might throw a wrench into the traditional strategy's hype machine, because this level of "scandal" or at least fan outrage, just feels unprecedented in series history. Of course, it might amount to nothing. The last time I remember anything close to this level of outrage was Black2/White2, over being on the DS when the 3DS had just come out and because it was a sequel and that upset some people, but it's the best selling "third version" game yet so maybe it doesn't matter. Let's cross our fingers and hope for a performance on the level of G/S or better!
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