Generally, third versions and remakes are viewed in a much less favorable light because people in Japan have a "purist", for lack of better word, mentality towards works and prefer the original work as it is. Meaning they essentially prefer a one and done situation when it comes to works: the original work in their minds is best left as is. (...) BW2 is the only other "region revisit" to have made it, and is more popular than HGSS and Platinum, likely because it is an original work in its own right being a sequel story to BW1 and a unique experience in and of itself.
And yet GF kept on releasing third versions until Gen V where it looked like they found a new direction... and then skipped Gen VI having anything, did a duel enhanced version for Gen VII, and finally looked to have just moved onto doing Expansion Passes starting Gen VIII (presumably...).
I have to disagree with this description. In a similar vein to Street Fighter, Capcom regularly releases updated expanded versions of the Monster Hunter franchise, and without exception these expansions are more popular than the original, and by significant margins at that. In an unofficial poll published just a few days ago, the #2 most popular installment had 29x as many votes as the original release.
The scale of improvement is far higher than with Pokémon, but it is contradictory to the idea that Japanese hold originals to be the best. Though that very well may be the case in this particular example.
Okay, nevermind than.
With that in mind, it makes me wonder if Legends: Arceus will be much more warmly received amongst Japanese players than past region revisits like ORAS, FRLG, and even HGSS.
I see Legends: Arceus getting the B2W2 excuse is that it's not a revisit but is its own unique game being treated as part of the main series like Let's Go was (eventually) treated.
DS was a very good era for Pokemon and not just for the main titles. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon really took off with it & there was also the Pokemon Ranger series. I would be amiss not to also mention a few of the novel side games like Trozei, Rumble, and Conquest (and
Dash Pokemon Typing Adventure which has the most hyped boss theme of any typing game).
I suppose people in Japan were ultimately a lot warmer towards SwSh overall? Maybe the DLC really upped many peoples' impressions of the game in the end? Who knows? That sure is funny to see that game make it so high though. Or maybe Sword and Shield's merits were things the Japanese playerbase valued so much that many ended up loving it in the end? That really sticks out, and I say this as someone who really liked SwSh.
DLC definitely helped and likely a factor for a kinder ranking. It not only added in two rather expansive areas that gave the player a better feeling of exploration and what the Wild Area could actually be like, but added in additional little things here and there like more clothing based on major NPCs, some more things to do in the post game such as the Galar Star Tournament, and added a bit more lore to Galar which it was lacking a bit. I guess also the additional Pokemon they added back in didn't hurt either, notably Legendaries & Ultra Beasts.
Very funny to see Sun and Moon and USUM not make it into the Top 100 at all. Poor Gen 7 seems to be the major underdog of the franchise right now as is, at least amongst the Japanese playerbase.
Yeah, that is surprising. Like, it's probably not the case, but gotta wonder if USUM may have also retroactively hurt SM's memories in people's heads. Was essentially the same game as SM but instead of a single third version was split into two games which felt unneeded (and possibly unwanted, either make it a single game or if you want a split version give us a more unique story), speaking of story it messed with the existing story making it feel sloppy and crammed, and it had a batch of additional features which did improve the general gameplay experience of SM. "Um, that last one doesn't sound bad, it actually sounds like a good thing". Oh, it is for those games... BUT since they made the story worse you now you're splitting fans of those games between do they vote for the game with the better story (original SM) or had the better features (USUM) which isn't that great for a popularity poll. Had one gotta most of the Gen VII fan votes than maybe they'll be on the list, but was likely too split between the two to be ranked above 100.
Congrats Keldeo, you know basic math.
Did a family quiz last night and one of the questions was "what is agrology?"
"Ah!" said I. "This is one of those times where something I've learned through Pokemon comes in handy. Aggron is a big metal rocky dinosaur, so... I'm going to guess that it's the study of metals. Oh no wait, that's metallurgy. Umm, dinosaurs? Oh, no, that's covered by paleontology. Okay, it's not metal or dinosaurs... rocks? No, that's petrology (not geology like The Big Bang Theory would have you believe). Well, maybe it's iron in the earth. Study of ore. Yeah, it must be that."
Nope. Agrology is the study of crops and soils. Obvious in hindsight because it derives from agriculture.
However, I wasn't entirely on the wrong track with Aggron... always liked this detail about it (AS dex entry). The Aggr- part of its name is considered by Bulbapedia more likely to come from aggressive or aggregate metals, but it's a fun coincidence nonetheless.
Eh, I would say it's the wrong track as what you discovered could be more considered serendipity than intent. Aggregate and Agriculture are based off two different root words, and I wonder if the naming team even looks at the Dex descriptions when making considerations. All they really knew about Aggron for sure was that it was a fierce looking metal monster.
