It was White version for me. I quit halfway through because of the story stuff and didn’t touch the series again until Sword was a few years old. The last straw was the 3rd or 4th time I got to a gym and the leader told me to go do plot crap with Team Villain before I could challenge for a badge. I don’t care and it’s not my job, I’m fuckin 10.
With Scarlet you can take hours getting to school while you collect everything in the first couple of areas, then after 20 minutes of plot you’re back in an almost completely open world (barring the post-game area). It’s the best it’s ever been if you’re just into collecting stuff.
Even if this is true and not just performative bullshit, why should anyone care what he has to say. Plenty of people think it’s horrific, let’s listen to those who didn’t push for it to happen.
I wrote that then decided to actually read the article first instead of commenting on the headline just in case it said something like “Joe said this, but he’s a piece of shit so he should fuck off anyway” but nope. I stand by my original comment.