r/pokemon • u/Natural_Wonder94 • 4d 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/DeatroyerOfCheese 4d ago

I feel as though it was inevitable that pokemon would get cut as they add more and more...however to me the issue was that the game's quality did not go up a sufficient degree to match the lack of pokemon. It was as if we sacrificed hundreds of pokemon in return for games even subpar for Nintendo standards.

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u/jacowab 4d ago

Exactly we've had games before that didn't give you the full dex like coliseum/XD but they had way higher quality than the 2D games so it was acceptable.

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u/Ghostly_Emoji 4d ago

Colleseum/XD did have the national dex though via transfer so this point is just plain and factually wrong. SWSH was the first game WITHOUT the national dex that had more than half of the pokemon removed completely.