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    1. …in reply to @transparencyboo
      @transparencyboo There is somewhat of a contradiction between the popular sentiments that pokemon "peaked" in gen 4/5 and that pokemon needs to be doing different stuff every time to "stay fresh". Pokemon "peaked" in 2010 precisely because they had been perfecting their formula for 1.5 decades
  1. …in reply to @__MoBlack
    @transparencyboo What we are watching is a (relatively small) development team that spent 20 years making top-down, turn-based JRPGs for handhelds learn 3d programming and open world game design on the spot, just to make Pokemon play like games that are nothing like Pokemon, like BOTW