If it still tastes good, then for most people, it's not stale. The sales are still consistent so clearly people still enjoy the "taste", so they aren't stale yet. CoD also isn't stale because people enjoy the taste. Maybe it's a lot of same old same old but it has a long shelf life. Look how ****ing good my food analogies are.
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Meh. They are running out of ideas. I'm waiting for my Doritos bag Pokemon tbh. Just give us a revitalized Kanto/Johto and I'm good.
Still, I can't really blame them. All prestigious franchises have gone stale as of late - some have even died (rip Megaman). :yes:
Bro, are you wearing nostalgia goggles? Gen I had some Garage Sale Rejects out the wazoo. Remember Jynx, Mr. Mime, Electrode, Voltorb, Muk, Magnemite, Magneton, etc.? These guys were as far from animal-based as one can get. Two of them are darn-near human in form, and using them in battle almost looks like slavery.
The fact of the matter is that not everyone is going to like every Pokémon design that comes out; Game Freak is even aware of that. People have different tastes, different design sensibilities. There's a Pokémon for everyone out there to choose from. Not even gonna start on that "stale" bit. It appears as if everyone has already torn you a new one already.
I'll just say that a lot of the new designs so far have been looking quite like "collectible animals" (see Gogoat, Fennekin, Litleo, Sylveon, etc.), and you're letting one cloud doggie get your pantaloons ruffled. Sigh.
Regarding the Swirlix. A lot of you seem to mistake its moniker too literally. It's called the Cotton Candy Pokémon due to the fact that it really enjoys sweet things, so much so, that it secretes sweetness in its fluffy [fur?], giving it the likeness of cotton candy—nice little Fairy theme going on there. If it weren't for this little detail, it would appear to just a regular old fluffy white dog that has retractable legs and ears. I think it looks like a fluffy cloud thing, and I really like it. It's English name, however, makes me grind my teeth in irritation...