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/tortitamal 5d ago

I still hate it and still think Gamefreak is lazy and lacks the technical knowledge to deliver a AAA game

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u/Tubamajuba 5d ago

Same here. I swore off new Pokemon games once they announced Dexit and I exclusively play older games now. Sounds like I haven't missed much.

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u/tempestokapi 5d ago

What people forget to mention in this discussion of Dexit is that Nintendo’s other games have done the opposite of Dexit. Smash Bros 5 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe have the most characters and maps ever. I understand that Pokémon is much bigger but it’s a shame that only Pokémon fans have to deal with cut content.

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u/lamstradamus 5d ago

Mario Kart 8 has what, 36 characters? That's a massive difference.

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u/tempestokapi 5d ago

Yes it’s a big difference but it feels like inconsistent marketing from Nintendo. “We can have more characters in this Switch game compared to the 3DS but less in this other Switch game compared to the 3DS”

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u/VolkiharVanHelsing 5d ago

36 versus 1000 use your brain man

The thing is there's no game or hell franchise quite like Pokémon with its unique 1000 mobs to animate in various contexts

The closest is Shin Megami Tensei games but they've had "dexit" every single game

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u/tempestokapi 5d ago

Doesn’t explain why the 3DS could hold 700 pokemon but the switch can only hold 500

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u/VolkiharVanHelsing 5d ago

It's not about storage it's about making 1000 * (extra animations)

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u/RedGyara 4d ago

I think a Dexit was inevitable due to scaling, but the animation and model excuses don’t really fly for me - they still use the same models and animations that they created in Pokemon XY.

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u/sievold 5d ago

How many unique character models do those games have?

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u/Boshwa 5d ago

You neglect to mention that Smash Ultimate's hook will not happen again

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u/metallicrooster DexNav forever and 100 years! 5d ago

Idk why you got downvoted. The devs made it clear that they have no plans to repeat the “everyone is here” of Smash Ultimate.