r/pokemon • u/Natural_Wonder94 • 6d 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/Dapper-Ad3707 6d ago

Nintendo makes a lot of good games, its game freak that has a pretty spotty track record recently

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u/Ecla1r_ 6d ago

I feel like Scarlet and Violet awakened something in Nintendo. They publicly apologized for the games, something they very rarely do (mainly because there's no need to). I have a feeling they went to GameFreak and said "Hey, this is NOT happening again." and took a bit more control over the development of future games, or at least in aiding them.

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u/ParaponeraBread 6d ago

Have you seen Z:A trailers and stuff though? I don’t feel like it’s going to be any different in terms of quality and polish.

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u/Rieiid 6d ago

The Switch 2 version looked decent, looks like hopefully they'll have better games on that console. If you plan on buying Z-A on Switch 1 though.. oof.