[The Chaos Entity]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I know, and those Pokémon also weren't available to Sun/Moon until Bank updated either. And yet, that didn't hold Sun/Moon back from being a good game. Almost as if it's a feature not many people used and they just enjoyed the already vast in-game selection.

And? Both Sun/Moon and Sword/Shield are good games, but SuMo had far more to offer because you could transfer in your older Pokémon, and you could breed them, or teach them new moves,or play with them in Amie/Refresh.
I'm genuinely enjoying my playthrough of Sword, and, thankfully, the only older Pokémon I wanted for my party - Sylveon and Tsareena - both made it in.
But two of my all time favourite Pokémon - Piplup and Liligant - aren't. I would have loved to go camping with them, or run around the Wild Area with them, and I do find it upsetting that you can't.
Does no National Dex make SwSh bad games? In my opinion, no. But it does make them worse games than SuMo/USUM.