Delta said:
Xous said:
This forme doesn't make me like it less, at all - in fact, it may make me like it more. I love that they're trying to constantly change the way we think about Pokémon, whether it's in the middle of a Generation (Deoxys, Giratina, Kyurem) or five Generations later (Mewtwo). For me, it keeps things interesting and expands the possibilities available for the Pokémon. Sure, Mewtwo had a pretty awesome legend / backstory already. But this forme allows its story to continue and evolve - it creates a new chapter that will forever exist in Pokémon history.
There comes a point where they are just combing over older things so they can exploit them. I am often trying to look for reasons why a Pokemon can evolve in later generations and not earlier ones and I'm just looking for answers that don't exist. There are a few excuses that I could buy like a Rhydorn not being able to evolve before gen IV because the item wasn't around and Mewtwo couldn't transform because it only could happen through recent events. But there are others which GF pulls out of nowhere which reinforces the point that they are running out of ideas (as cliché as it sounds, it can be justified) because they can't properly give a reason why a certain Pokemon could not evolve before given certain conditions but can now through the exact same conditions.
Examples: Lickitung, Piloswine.
Overall I believe going back over previous generations without a real excuse is incredibly lazy and it is now almost expected.
I think viewing these kinds of situations as "exploiting" older things is simply a matter of perspective - I can't agree with that stance, but at the same time it may be correct and my stance of Game Freak wanting to "evolve" certain aspects of their Pokémon may be incorrect. Without working for the company and hearing their reasons when they decide to make the changes, it's hard to truly know if they're doing it to exploit their old material or if they're actually doing it because they think it'd be something exciting and fun, something they truly want to do out of love.
In my opinion, expecting a "real excuse" for going back and allowing old Pokémon to evolve isn't necessary. To me, it seems they genuinely wanted to give those Pokémon a chance to evolve (in more than just the in-game sense), to expand their possibilites and backstories. For all I know, it's possible that somewhere at the backs of their minds when coming up with those Pokémon (Piloswine, Rhydon, Tangela, etc.) they could have felt that if they had the chance to give them evolutions, they would. I simply don't know.
To me, the "running out of ideas" stance is a cop-out argument; I'm 100% certain if they absolutely wanted to they could have Generation after Generation of brand-new ideas, it's just not what they want to do. If fans can create Generation after Generation of Fakemon that are completely original, I'm certain Game Freak, with their limitless resources available, who can literally get any artist to come up with concepts, is more than capable of doing the same. For that reason, I just don't see how people can honestly believe Game Freak can even be close to running out of ideas. Just look up all of the fake Dexes and regions made by fans... Then think of how many Generations those original ideas could represent. Game Freak can do that tenfold.
I don't ever think each Generation of Pokémon was meant to be filled with all new things. Even Generation 2 is proof of that - it introduced evolutions of pre-existing Pokémon. Clearly, at times Game Freak wants to go back, bring things from a previous Generation, and evolve them. Give them fresh outlooks, new possibilities. Generation 2 and 4 brought things from the past and added to them, and now 6 does the same. I don't think Game Freak is "running out of ideas" because they choose to go back and add to something from the past - instead, I believe this is what they do, and always have done, and will continue to do because that may be how they feel Pokémon should be done.
I guess all I'm saying is I'm not seeing these changes as them exploiting old ideas or them "running out of ideas" because to begin with I view their intentions as pure / not greedy / however you want to put it. It may all come down to where you view them from.
