Dexit for me sits firmly in the realm of the lost Battle Frontier; it's something that I am capable of being annoyed by on behalf of other people, and I can disagree with it having been done, but at the end of the day it makes absolutely no difference to how I play and enjoy Pokemon games. For all my ambivalence toward SwSh, Dexit didn't change my opinion one way or the other.
Something I think people who are worked up about Dexit should do is to look up opinions on it and such fans outside of Pokémon circles. The story will be the same whether it's TV Tropes, Wikipedia (discussion pages), Polygon, or what have you: They absolutely don't care and deem Pokémon fans calling to bring back the entire National Pokédex as whining over little things. One of those TV Tropes discussions (this is in regards to culling the "Broken Base" examples throughout the site) had some people in disbelief that Pokémon fans consider it a major thing; they were going to cut the Dexit example as, looking from the outside, they didn't think Pokémon fans consider it a big deal until someone from within the fandom pointed out to them that yes, this is a big deal.
To the greater public aware of this, it is no more relevant to them than if Han Solo shot first or if Light Yagami is a hero or a villain. They see fans arguing about this and see it as harmless bickering.
Whats up with all the breaks in Pokemon Journeys? We should have been in ep 100+ and we r only at 80 cuz of all these breaks.
COVID-19 pandemic aside, it sounds like they're operating on western-style seasons now instead of airing continuously throughout the year. That is, American and European TV shows produce only a limit number of episodes at a time; new episodes don't air until the following season--series in the UK--is ready for broadcast. For example, most seasons of
The Simpsons are 26 episodes long; reruns show until the following season is ready, which is usually 52 weeks from the beginning of that season.
Major anime like
My Hero Academia and
Attack on Titan have been doing this for at least a few years now; it both allows the production teams some breathing room in scheduling and, in regards to anime that follow manga (like both of the above), a chance for the manga to gain some distance without needing filler or padding. With
Pokémon Master Journeys doing this now, Toei Animation is the last remaining anime studio to air new episodes continuously.
One Piece really suffers from this, the writers being forced to adapt each 18-page chapter of the manga into a full half-hour episode to avoid overtaking it.
I don't know. The anime's lack of focus on Galar is unfortunate, but I think Kalos still beats it in terms of neglect. Galar at least had Twilight Wings to prop it up a little bit, plus getting two significant expansions with the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra. Kalos has a lot of similar problems in terms of how much the region has going on (though I absolutely love the atmosphere of northern Kalos), but without anything to expand on it.
I remember other people watching that "Gotcha!" music video and them, seeing me as some walking Bulbapedia, asked me, "Who's this?" and "Who's that?" In maybe 80% to 90% of the cases, it was a character from
Pokémon X and Y. Very few of the characters ever got much attention, and as a result very few were memorable. Playable characters aside, Clemont was perhaps the only one who people into Pokémon then continue to remember up to today, which I'm certain is because he was a main character in the anime.
I think it says something about that lack of memorability that the Battle Chatelaines and Furisode Girls seem to be more remembered than many characters with actual plot importance.
