Quote Originally Posted by Arrow-Jolteon View Post
I feel the same way. But for me the big negative against wanting to get it is the fact that they also cut out several moves, with two of them being decent coverage for Jolteon. Would have maybe been able to overlook that if Jolteon had at least gotten something new to make up for the loss of
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Signal Beam and Hidden Power
but nope! Literally the only semi-reliable coverage it has left is Shadow Ball and Hyper Voice. Everything else is either physical moves or useless gimmicks like Stored Power, Copycat and Weather Ball. And that made me so angry when I found out because Jolteon has been a staple on my semi-competitive (i.e. facilities like Battle Mansion/Tree) teams for YEARS and now they made it borderline-useless. And I can't let that go. Honestly it almost makes me wish they had just cut out Jolteon from the game entirely: if they were gonna treat it THIS badly, what's the point of it even being in the game?
Yeah, it sucks and I don't know what to say. You kind of need to step into Sw/Sh and be prepared for things not quite being the way they used to be. A lot has changed, and in some ways, it's great and I like a lot of the new mechanics, but there are things that like you said, it makes you say why did they have to do that? Some things are nice and familiar and keeps true to how Pokemon games have been in the past. Others, yeah, there's been changes and you may have to be open to them. But if you open yourself up to accepting there may have to be a few workarounds for certain things, you can still enjoy these games a lot.

I think that even despite these faults, it's a game that's fun and is worth playing. I'm glad I decided to still go for it despite the Dexit stuff. I had to step into it knowing there's no Emolga anywhere in Galar, and while it sucks for me (I know most people don't really care too much for this "pikaclone" but I still love this little squirrel dude), there are still my 2nd and 3rd favorites (Bellossom and Cinccino) and I've already gotten them both on my team without too much trouble (finding where to get the Sun and Shiny evolution stones was really the only minor challenge, but it turns out it's not that hard and there are several options). I think with Sw/Sh, there may not be solid gold, but you can still find many silver linings that make the trip to Galar worth it.

But I will stand by what I said earlier and that these games are fun, visually awesome, the music is incredibly good and catchy (I dare say it may have the best), and the whole experience is very immersive. I would still say go for the ride. I think you'll still have fun and a good time despite the changes.