I simply don't think MP4 potentially taking the place of a 2D Metroid fits the criteria in your post just now, while also fitting the criteria for Pokemon's situation.
That's fair. Personally I think it does, but I might be stretching the comparison too much because the tone of the discussion here and around certain Metroid places is similar. If you don't feel like the analogy works, that's cool.
So why did they have to fuck it up for the hardcore fans? People keep acting like these games can only appeal to one audience at a time, when there's no reason why Let's Go couldn't have appealed to both casual and hardcore fans.
I mean, speaking as someone who is both casual and hardcore(I like nostalgic, casual shit but I also have my days of wanting harder games and have been following the series forever) I prefer that the games are split like this, honestly. I feel like in this specific case, trying to cater to every taste would just result in one "meh" product that appeals to neither. If Let's Go is aimed at casual players and we get a Gen 8 that has less handholding, I'll be stoked, and I'd much rather prefer that than to have a weird attempt at a casual/hardcore combination. Especially if the delay between the two is only a single year - I might admittedly sing a different tune if I had to wait more for the hardcore game.
Like I'm interested in a lot of the casual features in Let's Go, but I don't want to "let go" of the features they are replacing either, so I'm happy they are separate games so I can have it all.
