Is there any particular reason why the Pokemon Company doesn't

>>32563838
Some people at gamefreak probably use it

showdown isnt shilled like other games

>>32563838
Its free

>>32563853
I'm pretty sure the others were free too, anon

>>32563848
Pretty much this.

Showdown has so many cool features I wouldn't be surprised if some devs actually tried it.

I mean, they started to include information in a similar way showdown does in this generation, that's quite impressive.

>>32563838
It keeps hundreds of people interested in and talking about the games. Come game release time, they'll become potential costumers and their hype will serve as free publicity.
And, unlike Prism and others, Showdown isn't an actual rival to the official games, sinxe it lacks anything but the battle system.
I also think Gamefreak might keep an eye on it to check if any Pokemon/moves/strategies are unbalanced.

>>32563838

would you kill off free public beta testers?

>>32563891
Why would they use showdown instead of the canonical battle engine they already have? They can start any battle they like on their computers, any time they like.

Because they're Japanese and the general Japanese competitive player base doesn't care about it. I don't think they understand how many western players use it to replace the games

>>32563848
>>32563891
>>32563953
>>32564208
Absolutely retarded posts

>>32563953
>Gamefreak
>Caring about balance

That is just plain retarded

>>32564701
They do care, but they certainly don't use showdown data to do so

>>32564713
they care about not getting hundreds complain emails from autists because Mega Mom or Smogonbird touched their naughty places

they dont care about balance

>>32564723
???

Showdown is too big to kill now, if they even attempt a shutdown people will be pissed

>>32564811
And the code is public anyway, so anyone could start a new server with it.

>>32564741

He's referring to the nerfs that Parental Bond and Gale Wings got.