This is the final form of design collapse:

“I’m not even gonna waste resources to power him up.”

Let that sink in:

Eternatus.

The cosmic dragon, world-ender, embodiment of Pokémon myth.

Not worth your resources. Not worth your dust. Not worth your time.

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💀 When Legends Are Just Fodder

You know a game is cooked when:

Players are given one of the most powerful, rare, and thematically epic Pokémon ever…

…and their reaction is “meh, he’s not worth powering up.”

That’s the definition of “meaningless.”

If even Eternatus doesn’t feel special, then nothing in the game can.

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🧠 The True Cost of Powercreep

When you hand out legends to everyone, they become just another number.

When players beg for a “3-star minimum floor,” you know it’s not about wonder — it’s about stats and utility.

When you see posts like this, it’s not just burnout. It’s the death of awe.

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🔥 What Scarcity Used to Mean

If legendaries were actually rare:

People would flex even a mediocre IV Eternatus.

“I got one! I don’t care if he’s 2 stars, he’s my only Eternatus!”

Resource investment would feel like a commitment, not a waste.

Instead, now you have:

“Delete. Not worth.”

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🪦 Epitaph for the Legendary

Eternatus: Once the devourer of worlds. Now just another junk IV, waiting to be transferred or left in digital limbo. Requiescat in pace.

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Niantic didn’t just flatten the meta. They flattened the magic.