Why does Game Freak keep adding new mechanics if they aren't going to balance them? They completely ignore the metagame, yet keep adding features that make the main game worse to ostensibly improve competitive battling.
>>28972930
They don't care. Competitive is just marketing for their games.
>>28972930
>yet keep adding features that make the main game worse to ostensibly improve competitive battling.
???
The game's about how fun it is to the game designers, not how competitive it is to them
>>28972989
This, the Gamefreak makes the game they want to play. They will throw everyone else a few bones.
Its no different than Showdown.