LogFAQs > #929816125

In my opinion, this animosity hasn't just sprung up overnight. Resentment towards Game Freak and their handling of Pokemon has been growing since X and Y, and this is simply the last straw.

For me it's disappointing that other Nintendo franchises - Mario, Zelda, Smash, Fire Emblem - have brought their A game to Switch, whereas Pokemon is content with more - or rather, less - of the same, while charging more for it.

In addition, removing Pokemon and features, including the main gimmicks of the previous two generations, signals that we shouldn't bother getting attached to anything new from now on. Why should we care about Galar forms since they'll never appear again outside this game? Same goes for Gigantamax, and any of the new Gen 8 Pokemon that have Gigantamax forms, who will presumably be designed with Gigantamax in mind and will be significantly weaker without it. As for returning Pokemon, why would Game Freak bring back, say, Zubat in Gen 9 when it missed out on Sword and Shield, and bringing back a Pokemon who didn't get snapped would take less work? Come Gen 10, it takes even more work to bring Zubat up to current standards and before you know it, Zubat never appears in a game again.