Widdershins

Yes, I am absolutely angry about Gamefreak selling a half-done entry in the series for $60, and then selling the stuff they cut out for another $30.

$90 to get a complete Pokémon game. Absolutely disgusting. Pokémon deserves better and they should be ashamed of themselves.

It's not half-done tho. Pokemon Shield is a full story and a fun romp! I would be happy and feel I've gotten my money's worth with the game so far completed! Heck, completed it and still playing on it!

 This new stuff doesn't complete the game, nor does it seem to hinge that wholly on what its adding onto. It's kinda like how Warcraft has been doing it, Expansions. It's icing on the cake, I say. You could easily never buy this new stuff and lose nothing for it.

 ...still... getting the feeling these games were rushed... Like mislabeling berries, for example! 

You can tell yourself that Widder. I’m glad you’re having fun. I sure would like to be having fun with a Pokémon game. But no, I’m not going to let myself be flipping fleeced like this.

They cut half the Dex, and are now selling part of it back to people to make more money. They rushed out a dinky, half-finished game for more than what a Pokémon game normally costs, and now they’re charging you MORE to make it mildly decent.

That is 100% unacceptable. I am LIVID about what they’ve done. Pokémon is one of the dearest franchises to my heart. But part of being a responsible adult is knowing when you’re getting the short end of the stick. I don’t want “mildly decent”. Pokémon is the largest multimedia franchise on EARTH. They have to the money to do anything they want. But why be amazing when people will pay you double the price for half the work?

I was going to try the game if I could get it cheap or used. I was browsing around. But no. Not now. They can kiss my @$$ for taking Pokémon fans for a ride like this. I’ll wait for the next gen to see if they’ve learned to not be terrible. But I’m not getting my hopes up.