I mean they do rebalance from gen to gen. And to their credit this is the most varied the meta's been in a while. Hopefully Garchomp won't ruin that...!
Unless they nerf the genies' stats, it's gonna become....less varied.
Maybe Megas still not being around (and/or the genies not having dyna/gigantomax forms) will help, but we'll see.
Yeah, I agree. I just said this over in the direct thread, but my thoughts are that the decision was re-evaluated after the outcry (which had team morale at an "all-time" low). However, to announce this any earlier would have seemed odd, as there'd be no way to catch them and they'd be exclusively locked behind a yet-to-exist monthly subscription.
That sounds as valid of a premise as anything, but makes me wonder as to what the new 'list' is for returning pokemon - Volcarona, Garchomp, etc...definitely go against their claim of 'game balance' (even if certain moves have been removed)
Now the other remaining question is if they keep up with their current release rate in future content releases (assuming there's an Expansion pass 2 or what have you), and we work our way back up the full roster (minus megas and Z-moves) by D/P remakes, and/or Gen 9
(Also, maybe I missed it, but someone mentioned the Hoenn legendaries - anyone have a pic of them being shown?)