I'm talking about an interview conducted in October 2014.
my point is only that third versions sell well. People like them. Some even refrain from buying the first two versions of each generations and actually wait for the third version because they know it will be improved. We are always going to get Generation 7 anyway, that is pretty much the only thing we can be sure of, so why not potentially Z (or something similar minus the name) in the meantime? Who is it hurting?
They're not going to regress to a third version unless they want less money. Please don't suggest that Masuda was being misleading.
that's operating under the assumption that GameFreak intended for there to be a multiverse divided along Mega Evolution lines. there's no evidence to suggest that the GBA/DS universe is actually separate from the GameBoy universe (after all Matsumiya's timeline only references the remakes); it's possible, given how multiverses work, but it's not nearly as strong as the Mega and Non-Mega divide is. thus, unless GameFreak was planning all this time to reveal that the multiverse was Mega vs. Non-Mega (meaning that back in like 2003 they had already come up with Mega Evolution), it's an issue as per your logic.
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this is not a better argument. firstly, it operates under the assumption that the usually called "Classic" universe is an existing universe separate from the usually called "Advanced" universe, and was not actually overwritten by the remakes. secondly, there is passage of time between RBYFRLG and GSCHGSS, thus it is probable that the Steel classification was created sometime after RBY. and as it's been discussed in the past, types are more like biological classifications, so it can be sensical in games where there is passage of time. since prior to GameFreak's official canonization of a probable Mega-verse separate from the others there is no passage of time between BW2 and XY, it does not make sense.
there goes your entire argument. if XY was created without the Mega-verse in mind, GameFreak clearly didn't care that in one country Gardevoir would take damage from a certain type and then suddenly in another country, and only in this country so far, it is suddenly completely immune.
except prior to XY and ORAS, they'd already moved back before. RBY moves forward to GSC, but then they move backwards to RSE and FRLG in which they don't talk about Steel or Dark as a new typing because fans already understand that it's no longer a "new" mechanic so it doesn't need to be put in bosses for a surprise challenge.
virtually all of these contradictions stem from having to remind players that these new mechanics exist, arguably this is not them not taking care to contradict themselves so much as a natural retcon that occurs because they don't need to tell players in Gen IV that Steel and Dark are new types, because they already know. i'm not sure why you're getting so twisted over retcons, when they're fairly common.
and by and large they did. compared to Kalos, there are significantly fewer Pokemon in Hoenn that are Fairies (Jigglypuff line, Marill line, Mawile, Ralts line, and Mega Altaria), fewer Fairy Tale Girl trainers, and very few flavor dialogue references to Fairies.
but it is secret-ish? in all of Hoenn, only May, Brendan, Wally, Steven, Maxie, Archie, Lisia, and Steven can use Mega Evolution. if you include the post-game, you get Zinnia and Matt (or Courtney) and the Elite Four (which arguably can use it as fan service since people complained that the Elite Four couldn't use it in Kalos). though that is more than Kalos (Serena, Calem, Lysandre, Korrina, Diantha, and presumably Gurkinn as well), Gurkinn was also completely prepared to let Trevor, Shauna, and Tierno have it. even still, the distribution is still fairly restricted given that there's eight gym leaders who don't have it and countless other trainers who don't have it either. furthermore, it kept the "shrouded in mystery" base; it's not like suddenly Mega Evolution was very understood in Hoenn, few people knew about it and it seemed that fewer were looking into it.
overreading. as i've said countless times now, no business is going to say "we don't like to be predictable" or "we don't like to surprise our fans." there's only one instance of GameFreak surprising us and that's with BW2 which was Grey, until (likely) Nintendo told them to do it better. ultimately Z is simply a placeholder name. the next game (games?) could be XYZ, XY&Z, XZ and YZ (or any other permutation), it could still be Z, given that we don't necessarily know the context of Masuda's statement. a third version is also still more money than nothing and despite not being a conventional third version, BW2 still only sold marginally higher amounts than Emerald and Platinum (and i think less than Yellow and Crystal?).
The twist is that we get one prequel and a sequel, together! I was reading a "leak" on how XY is a prequel game set two years before X and Y, involving Zygarde Core and Zygarde 10%, meanwhile Zygarde complete is in the seuqel, Pokemon Z. I donot agree with the details, but a prequel game AND a sequel could work wonderfully. A prequel could explain why Zygarde is 50% in XYand a sequel could continue the story with Zygarde complete.
There is nothing to overread. They're not going to say that Z is predictable and that they want to be surprising and then turn around and release Z. B2W2 sold more than every third version (except Yellow), and they would've sold millions more had they not been DS games.
there was a slight typo, forgot a word (guess you couldn't pick that up). and as i've said, no business isn't going to talk themselves up. you know, that's PR 101. and after all, despite all this rhetoric of wanting to be unpredictable and to surprise fans, GameFreak is still a really predictable (despite being unpredictably predictable) company.
barely. it sold 280,000 more units than Platinum, 1.5-6 million more than Emerald and Crystal. which, for a game everyone claims is oh so amazing, is somewhat underwhelming. it undermines your "third versions are less money" argument. because, you know, Black-2 and White-2 still made less money than any other main series game, remake, and barely more than most third games (though it perhaps had higher profit margins).
pure speculation. ORAS has still sold less than FRLG and HGSS and XY has still sold less than every other main series game.
so you're openly admitting here that FRLG and HGSS are retcons? so why can't ORAS make a minor retcon (re: only in Kalos)? we've already established that Mega Evolution is no more than a MacGuffin and isn't nearly as big of a plot point that most people exaggerate it to be. so, if you could speak clearly into the mic, why are retcons such a problem for you?
the in-game type charts tell me that Gardevoir should not be immune to Dragon, yet there we were in XY. i am confused, but thankful for this retcon nonetheless. and your Magnemite example still doesn't work because of the passage of time. in RBY, three years prior to GSC and the classification of Steel, your Magnemite took neutral damage from Ember, three years later it takes super-effective damage. this is not the case with XY and BW2, prior to the release of the Delta Episode, that is. there are Gardevoir in Pokémerica that take neutral damage from Dragon Claw, yet the instant they cross that threshold into PokéFrance, they are suddenly immune to that same Dragon Claw.
right, because no one would question why Steel and Dark are suddenly classified or why Fairy is suddenly a type if they ignored their newness. and as we've said before, newly discovered is a broad phrase in science. after all, the discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA is considered a fairly recent discovery.....despite being 50 years ago.
if famous people like Lisia and Steven make it not secret in Hoenn, then famous people such as Diantha and Lysandre make it not secret in Kalos. that does seem to be close to the case, given that there's an entire local landmark dedicated to Mega Evolution and most people do seem to be aware of Lucario being the first Pokemon to have Mega Evolution induced by a human.
