No need to apologize. I was giving you a hard time by being a smart ass. I apologize for that.
Depth is perfectly fine, and I welcome it, but starting with Gen 5, they started to plant the seeds and power creep the new Pokemon to stay relevant. It was still acceptable since the Dream World opened new possibilities for old Pokemon, which coincidentally started the weather wars. I didn't really like the focus on weather, since rain was so much more unbalanced than the other ones and I'm saying that as a fan of water Pokemon. With Gen 6, it really became apparent that GF didn't give a fuck about singles. Mega evolutions were mostly fine in doubles, but when unleashed in singles, their even more powercreeped stats combined with broken abilities basically sent singles to its death knell. The nerf of Mega Kangaskhan was too little too late. The existing focus on team preview and 3v3 meant that singles were a huge gamble, unlike doubles where 4v4 out of 6 wasn't as risky. That's when GF lost me.
Ah, you're speaking a language I understand. I agree.
One thing I wish Game Freak would do when they release another remake or a Let's Go game is they would rebalance the stats and abilities to the Pokémon in that regions National Dex.
The whole reason I'm into Pokémon games is because of the singles meta. I loved gen 6 because of the PSS and how easy it was to get a 6v6 battles vs a random. I put in thousands of hours in gen 6 because of the PSS. In gen 7 when they took the PSS out I wish they would've put in in 6v6 option in the Battle Spot because I hate that I can lose a battle at the team preview screen.
For example,
My current record in Sun Battle Spot is 35 or 34 wins 29 loses. I'm not ashame of that record but what bothers me is that half of my loses came from me being unable to predict which Pokémon my opponent would bring.
It's hard to do power creeps right without leaving behind the dozens if not hundreds of previously viable Pokémon in singles but it's impossible to do power creep right when like you said Game Freak doesn't give a fuck.
I wish there was a way to communicate to Game Freak that it would be nice to have a 6v6 option in the Battle Spot Singles and that it would be cool if they revisit older Pokémon and rebalance them stat and ability wise.
Side Note:
Electivire is so close to being a break out monster of the meta game. Game Freak just needs to give him just alittle more stat wise and he will be a terror. 5 of my wins in Battle Spot came on the back of my Electivire sweeping my opponents entire 3 Pokémon Team after he a Motor Drive boost from an unsuspecting Tapu Koko.
