Pokopia is a silly spin-off that would have been an automatic success on IP alone. It has 300 pokémon at launch, runs great, has loads of content and custom animations and feels very alive with many real-time, interactive elements.

Meanwhile the game built around the series’ minimal core mechanics apparently runs like shit, has about half as many characters as Pokopia and not even a fifth of the total roster, and doesn’t even implement correctly the simple established rules of a turn-based RPG battle.

That’s basically modern pokemon in a nutshell.

Gamefreak is back on form

You know the way that Nintendo releases an unfinished and barely function game monetized with micro-transactions makes me think capitalism might be problematic

But people will still pre order… so why bother changing their ways.