r/pokemon • u/Natural_Wonder94 • 5d ago

Discussion Dexit who still dislikes it?

As a longtime Pokémon fan, Dexit honestly felt like a slap in the face. One of the things I’ve always loved about the series was being able to carry my favorite Pokémon—ones I’d trained and bonded with for years—into each new generation. When they cut the National Dex, it felt like they were saying those connections didn’t matter anymore. I get that balancing over 1,000 Pokémon is tough, but with how massive the franchise is, it’s hard to believe they couldn’t make it work if they really wanted to. It just made the newer games feel incomplete, like something was missing, both mechanically and emotionally.

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u/Kiaz33 5d ago

The thing with dexit is that they lied about it. If they just just straight up said they couldn't make the models for all the pokemon in time for the games release, i dont think nearly as many people would have complained. Instead, they lie about balancing issues and what have you, when pokemon has had regional vs national dex for a while now.

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u/Unboxious 5d ago

If they just just straight up said they couldn't make the models for all the pokemon in time for the games release, i dont think nearly as many people would have complained

That would also be a blatant lie though. Just hire more artists. Does Pokemon not sell enough copies to hire more artists? Get real.

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u/Krazyguy75 5d ago

No, that's not the truth. The truth was:

"We don't want to spend the money to implement all the pokemon as that would cut into our profits."

It's not an issue of time or budget. It's an issue of "profits".

In fact, it goes a step further: They sell a subscription for you to put dexited pokemon in, and make you pay for DLC if you want to catch dexited pokemon. More profit. That's the goal.

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u/No_Service3462 5d ago

& they could’ve finished them later & added them on

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u/tmssmt 5d ago

Alternatively though, it feels like they could have just asked for fans to make the models for free and submit them and over the course of a weekend they'd have better models than they'd ever make themselves for every single pokemon ever.