Why did Game Freak cut Pokémon?

The main problem of Poke-Inflation is not there being too many pokemon, but that a lot of pokemon become irrelevant as time goes on. This equates to them essentially "losing value" and making them less marketable for toys and merchandise.

Why did Game Freak stop making Pokémon games?

What is this? "Now we work with external companies so that we can start experimenting with moving on projects on a similar scale simultaneously. We want new titles to come out of Gear Project that are beloved by lots of people across the world, like the Pokémon series has been."

Why did Game Freak cut moves?

Because the games were severely rushed and they couldn't get it in on time. They also wanted to more heavily focus on Dynamax and felt megas and z-moves would distract too much.

Why did Game Freak get rid of National Dex?

While most of the controversy around #GameFreakLied revolved around the animations and models being reused, that wasn't the only reason given for removing the National Dex. The other reason was to provide better game balance.

Why did they cut Pokémon from Sword and Shield?

Pokémon Sword and Shield cut a lot of content from the series, which extended to the special moves used by Pokémon in battle. The number of Pokémon in the series had grown so large by Gen VIII that The Pokémon Company decided to cut the roster in Pokémon Sword and Shield, leading to the so-called Dexit controversy.

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Why did Gen 8 remove moves?

Why did Gen 8 remove so many moves? The size of the Pokémon series meant that the developers decided to reduce the scope for Gen VIII. This meant a smaller number of available Pokémon in the Galar region, along with the removal of Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves.

Did they remove Pokerus?

A dataminer finds that the Pokerus virus, which has been a staple since Gen 2, is not present in the newly released Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.

What is the Pokémon Dex controversy?

What is Dexit, exactly? "Dexit" is the catch-all term for the controversy that's erupted around Game Freak's decision to limit the number of Pokemon allowed into Galar region. It splices the words "PokeDex" and "Brexit"—Britain's controversial movement to separate from the rest of Europe.

Why was Bone Club removed?

The move was an unpopular signature move for a Pokemon: Moves like Bone Club, Heal Order, Kinesis, Smelling Salts and Barrage were signature moves that went unused on Pokemon that were already quite unpopular.

Why did they drop Mega Evolution?

While Mega Evolution is also available in the Generation VII games, it has been removed from the core series as of Pokémon Sword and Shield, due to the lack of Key Stones and Mega Stones, although it still appears in some spin-offs like Pokémon GO and Pokémon Masters EX and in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.

Why does Game Freak hate Mega Evolution?

Some Megas were designed to be different or interesting, and in the process, GameFreak made them either worse than their regular counter-part, or just not up to the power curve of the top Megas out there.

What Pokemon game was banned?

In August 2016, after one and a half million downloads, the download links for Pokémon Uranium were taken down from the official website because the developers wanted to "respect Nintendo's wishes", after receiving multiple DMCA takedown notice letters from lawyers representing Nintendo.

Will Game Freak fix Pokemon Scarlet?

Game Freak has finally announced the release of their long awaited patch for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, meant to help fix some of its largest issues.

Why did Pokémon stop 3rd games?

Probably they thought they were trying to fit too much in a third game so they decided to make sequels with two versions each to make further contents.

Why doesn t Nintendo own Pokémon?

The "Pokémon Company" is the official owner and operator of the Pokémon brand and license. It consists of three organizations: Nintendo, Creatures, and Game Freak. Each of them is responsible for a different part of The Pokémon Company. It is a common misconception that Pokémon is owned solely by Nintendo.

Who owns the rights to Pikachu?

To summarize, Pokemon is owned by three companies: Nintendo, Gamefreak, and Creatures Inc.

Why is Pokérus so rare?

Pokérus has a 3 in 65,536 (or approximately a 1 in 21,845) chance of being generated on one of the player's Pokémon after a battle, making it rarer than encountering or hatching a Shiny Pokémon. If any of the player's Pokémon are infected, the Pokérus may spread among Pokémon in the player's party after any battle.

Is Pokérus or shiny rarer?

Pokérus is a super rare virus that your Pokémon can contract in Sword and Shield. In fact, your Pokémon have a 1/21,845 chance of generating the virus. That makes it rarer to catch the virus than it is to catch or hatch a regular shiny Pokémon.

Is Pokérus a real thing?

Because it was a rare condition, some people didn't even believe Pokerus truly existed. “It always seemed like it wasn't real,” said Twitter user @AlexanderBevier. The reality was much more mundane than young players could have imagined, of course. Pokerus doesn't kill your buddies, or anything like that.

Why doesn t Pokémon z exist?

When you look at sales across all main series games, not a single third installment of a generation comes in the top 10 sales of Pokémon games. Due to this reason, Z was never released and thus was skipped due to potential poor sales.

Will Z-Moves come back in Gen 9?

Z-Moves. Exclusive to Pokemon Sun and Moon and Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, the mechanic of Z-Moves, which allowed players to use one of these powerful moves once per battle, is not present in Gen 9. As such, these moves are unavailable and unlikely to return in DLC.

Why does Gen 6 have so little Pokémon?

So reason 1: They wanted to promote the fairy type, and yet not have so many that the hype over fairy types dies down before the next Gen. The other reason is Mega-Evolutions. If we have 150 new Pokemon to choose from, then (same basic idea behind reason 1) people will be more likely to have a Mega-Evo on their team.