>3 gens with only 1 new evolution
Can't wait for the new gimmick evo in the next gen
Pokemon seems to be going through Yugioh Syndrome, where they abandon one mechanic and focus everything they have onto their newest idea, before abandoning that one for something else.
Let's hope we get an Arc-V renaissance where they give us everything.
>>30296794
Pokémon games tend to have unique mechanics. Contests, secret bases, pokathalon, underground, movie making, radio... some things, like character customization, stick around.
>>30296920
Battle mechanics always stay, they just never expand on them. Everything else is free to be cut.
The only exception in the history of battle mechanics being cut is battle formats being removed in Sun/Moon.
>>30296794
Wait what's going on in Arc-V? Did they bring back old stuff instead of only focusing on pendulum summoning?
>>30297998
Pretty much from the start, yeah. Tribute, Fusion, Synchro, and Xyz are shown off regularily.
>>30298103
That's pretty sick actually. I watched the first few episodes but I don't know what happened I kind of just stopped