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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I just don't see why everyone is raising a fuss.

It's not complicated. People are annoyed because it's a stupid and regressive move. Up until LGPE, every game had every Pokemon represented in its game code, so that even if they weren't catchable (and in the case of Gen 2 -> 3, transferable) you could still use anything you wanted if you brought them over to your game. Now you're barred entirely from being able to use any Pokemon they decide not to include in the game's Pokedex. It's an anti-player move because it limits our options, and there's no good reason for it, because it's only happening because they're rushing these games out and they apparently just don't want to bother.

The kicker is with the Pokemon Home thing they're doing, since you can transfer any Pokemon to it (a one-way transfer) but if they're not in Sword and Shield you can't transfer them there. So they're charging for a storage system where potentially hundreds of Pokemon would just be stuck indefinitely until they deign to include them in some other game years down the line.