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* [[Alas, Poor Scrappy]]: Even though he wasn't killed off, Hop, who is an [[Expy]] of [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Hau]] and represents EVERYTHING that's wrong with ''SwSh'', became like very sympathetic for some IRL
** Hop became even more sympathetic when he and his trusted Wooloo starred in their own ''Pokémon'' anime episode.
* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: The tutorial modes are optional and using a hands off model, which means that Pokemon veterans will be able to jump into the action and newcomers can learn how things work.▼
* [[Americans Hate Tingle]]: The game's controversial removal of many Pokemon and bugs didn't cause as much friction in his native country. Noticeably, a 2021 poll by TV Asahi polling over 50,000 japanese revealed this is their 14th most liked console game.
* [[Base Breaking Character]]: Depending on who you ask, Hop is either one of the best characters in the game with a strong character arc and a worthy rival for the PlayerCharacter, or one of the worst rivals in the series due to his endless praise of his big brother Leon, practically showing up every 5 minutes, being too similar to Hau right down to using some of his animations, and being the personification of the [[Sequel Difficulty Drop|hand-holding]] Pokemon games have taken since Gen 6.▼
▲* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: The tutorial modes are optional and using a hands off model, which means that
* [[Creator's Pet]]/[[Pandering to The Base]]: Charizard was given the "Overrated/Creator's Pet" stone according to some gamers, since according to the November 6, 2019 leaks, he's the only remaining old gen starters (besides Pikachu) that made the cut. This even made some gamers hate the Gen 1 Starter, since they feel that Game Freak is ONLY pandering to Charizard fans (also, that Charizard is the company's favorite), and their favorite starter wasn't given the time of day.▼
▲* [[Base Breaking Character]]: Depending on who you ask, Hop is either one of the best characters in the game with a strong character arc and a worthy rival for the
▲* [[Creator's Pet]]/[[Pandering to
** Game Freak referencing the whole Kanto region is also this. The only other region with as much Pokemon in this game is, strangely enough, Unova.
* [[Critical Dissonance]]: Some video game journalists
** According to Metacritic
** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z573_CkkebU One of the IGN writers outright dismisses all problems with ''SwSh'', including game breaking bugs, as being bought up by gamers as being conspiracy theorists.]
** [http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/nintendo-switch/pokemon_sword_and_shield Subverted slightly with Nintendo Life's review address both the pros and cons about the game, despite rating it an eight
** [https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-13-pokemon-sword-and-shield-review-a-shadow-of-a-former-great Subverted with Eurogamer's review which stated that there's severe main issues and Dexit ain't one of them, like there's an aura that one can tell there's trouble development within the game
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Galarian Weezing got this big time on it's reveal for looking both classy and reminding fans of [[The Fairly OddParents|Doug Dimmadome]]. It's popularity only skyrocketed with the reveal of it's ability, "Neutralizing Gas", which ''negates any other
** Move over
* [[Fallen Creator]]: While Gens 6 and 7 were already controversial and the ''Let's Go'' games even moreso, Sword and Shield's litany of controversial design choices such as doing away with the national dex by using a shaky justification, cutting moves for no real reason, focusing on high-quality animations that ultimately ended up being the exact opposite, poor writing even by the standards of the series, and paid DLC on top of that all proved to be the final nail in the coffin that sealed Game Freak's status as a greedy, lazy company in the eyes of a ''ton'' of fans.
* [[Fan Dumb]]: The fandumb accuses the boycotters and some of the neutrals and casuals (who are waiting for reviews) as ONLY complaining of the National Dex being cut in half, not serious issues, like the game being rushed out too soon.
** Averted, some IRL
** Also, averted, other IRL
* [[Game Breaker]]: Like all boosting gimmicks, Dynamax has proven incredibly powerful. Unlike its predecessors though, [[Scrappy Mechanic|it has not been received particularly well by]] [[Smogon|competitive circles]] thus far. The HP boost gives many
* [[Just Here for Godzilla]]: Like ''[[Little Town Hero]]'', Some people are only interested in the game so that they can listen to Toby Fox's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7AmximCnRg| contribution to the soundtrack], which is played in the post-game's Battle Tower.
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Thanks to the existence of "the big tiddy goth gf" meme, Marnie is often called "goth gf" by fans, thanks to her black clothes, shaved hair, choker, serious-looking expressions, and [[Moe|absolute cuteness]].
* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: Dynamaxing can often fall into this. As fun as it is to enlarge your
* [[No Such Thing as Bad Publicity]]: All the backlash from fans about the National
** That being said, some argue that while
* [[Overshadowed by Controversy]]: Rather than being remembered as mainline
* [[Rescued from the Scrappy Heap]]: Corsola was one of many
** Also, Farfetch’d. This
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]:
* [[The Scrappy]]: Hop is widely considered to be one of the worst rivals in the series. He is generally loathed for endlessly praising Leon, practically showing up every
* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]: Some IRL
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: ''Sword'' and ''Shield'' had consistently been hyped up as the best games in the franchise and the grand debut of ''Pokémon'' to the console scene, but at the tail end of the E3 2019 Nintendo Treehouse direct, Masuda announced that only Pokémon in the Galar Pokédex could be transferred to ''Sword'' and ''Shield'' through Pokémon Home, effectively ending the tradition of being able to transfer any Pokémon from one generation to another. Fan backlash was immediate and harsh. Not helping matters was the reason why, stated just days after the E3 direct: Game Freak was apparently redoing all of the
** To put things into perspective, the Japanese fanbase, well known for rarely being outraged over anything, [[Holy Shit Quotient|was just as critical, if not moreso, than the western fanbase]] for many of the reasons stated above.
** It got even worse when an interview with Masuda on June 2019 had him implying that the National Dex cut would be the precedent for all future games, meaning fans would never be able to "catch 'em all" ever again and essentially turning the games into a popularity contest. In addition to making fans angrier, this managed to turn off some fans from the franchise completely, seeing it as meaningless to buy the new games if there would always be restrictions on what
*** Also, adding some leaks that appeared during November 6, 2019, were half of the National
**** Not even Mewtwo and the Gible line could escape the cut.
** The National Pokédex wasn't just the ONLY thing that was cut, but a huge chunk of moves as well. Hidden Power, a competitive staple that could give Pokémon with an otherwise [[Poor Predictable Rock|shallow movepool]] some much-needed diversity was cut, as well as a few other popular moves like Tail Glow, Return, and Sky Uppercut and the signature moves of a few Pokémon like Bone Club and Needle Arm. Unlike with Pokémon where there could at least be ''something'' of a jutification, there's no real excuse with cutting out entire moves. And what makes it truly baffling was the fact that dataminers found out that Light of Ruin, the signature move of a Pokémon that was ''never made officially available'' wasn't cut yet all these moves were.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?]]:
** Some insane fans that are disappointed by Dexit, even resorted to harassing and even sending out death threats to the Game Freak devs and/
** A downside to hashtag "
*** Or worst, are shills and die hard fans that are willing to defend Game Freak and
**
** IRL
* The ''
** Other gamers see the DLC as softening a bit of the blow of the Dexit controversy and Game Freak trying to [[Win Back the Crowd|win them back]].
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