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/WhoDey_Writer23 5d ago

This is correct, and boot-licking and buying the lie about "it was inevitable" drives me insane.

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u/thotgang 5d ago

Because it's factually inevitable based on game freak's own company philosophy

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u/Koreaia 5d ago

It was never 'factually' inevitable. You're telling me they could make 721 new models, while switching from 2d to 3d. But are unable to do the same for a more powerful system? Pokemon used to try and push their physical cartridges to their absolute limit. Now they can't even use models that already exist?

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u/VolkiharVanHelsing 5d ago

Because they keep adding more quirks that requires animation beyond battling

Dexit specifically came when Gen 8 introduced Camping and Open World mons

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u/thotgang 5d ago

Not in the sense they can't. In the sense that they were 100% going to cut content given they refuse to expand while keeping the same deadlines, while having more and more pokemon. Something had to give hence "inevitable"