I'm not saying we can't be skeptical, or that's it's above criticism. Even I have criticisms. I think gen 5 was the worst generation by far. I think Sumo needed better level-up areas for building teams. So I don't mean to sound like we can't voice opinions. I just think it's funny that everyone is so certain, and we still don't know what the games are gonna be like.
I remember LOTS of people being skeptical of ORAS BEFORE it came out, AND skeptical of Sumo. ORAS argugably more so. And yet, somehow, after complaining about how terrible it was going to be, it was still bought, even by people who said they wouldn't. The community is far from one unified voice too, that's the thing. Everyone was super upset we didn't get Pokémon Z, and yet we're also super upset that we're getting another "3rd" game instead of a sequel or a remake. We all want something "new" to shake up the series, but we hate ideas like Megas and z-moves (which the kids love) and rage when we don't get gen 4 remakes. We're all sick of Kanto, but we miss the good old days when we had Pokémon like Gyarados and screw Vaniluxe cause it's "stupid". Why can't things be like gen 5 , you know, one of the WORST selling generations? Lets finally get rid of gyms, yay, except why didn't they bring them back, ya know?? Like, we are far from being this unified voice because Pokémon isn't like the metroid series, or the Mario series. People play for different reasons...some like the collecting aspect. Others like the batting, some like raising Pokémon, some like the online. There is room for a lot of diversity in play, we aren't all.comong for the same reasons and won't appreciate the same stuff.
I honestly shouldn't be so dogmatic either. I can't honestly come out and say with absolute certainty that these games won't end up being flops for game freak, so I honestly apologize for falling into that trap. I just think we get so caught up in our own opinions we don't see that it's not this black and white obvious problem and there isn't this 100% clear outcome of how things will go down. And most of us, no matter what we say, end up buying it and playing it anyway.