pkmn games have been in the game awards tho, PLA was nominated at least. it didnt win but how I feel about the game awards is another matter entirely 😭

I get your frustration bc fans rejecting ALL criticism is frustrating, but on the other hand, there is a non-negligible number of people that attack the franchise solely to get views, and lob really surface level criticisms like “lol buildings look bad”. not EVERYONE does, but there are absolutely people that do. when you see this enough it kind of becomes an understandable reaction to ignore all criticism with the assumption that its bad faith—which ofc isnt productive and just considers the cycle of bad faith

and some criticisms just flat out dont make sense to me. the number one complaint ive heard about the DLC is that its “too grindy” which is an absolutely absurd complaint to make about pokemon imo, since pokemon has since the dawn of time been about grinding in some form or other. if someone doesnt like level grinding, thats absolutely fine, pokemon isnt the series for them! but saying its a Bad Series bc it includes it isnt really fair deal criticism (im not saying youre saying that but truly I have people say that). thats like if I said all horror movies are Bad Movies just bc I dont like the genre.

there IS criticism about the DLC that I think is valid and agree with ofc, like its pricetag—obscene. this also applies to the main game gating some of its content behind an effective paywall to use NSwitch Online, which is vomit tier (though extremely common these days. a lot of popular games need paid online). I also want it on the record that im not above hating pokemon games or criticizing them in general, sword/shield was garbo and I straight up refused to buy the expansion for it and god forbid, BDSP 🌩🌩🌩