YouTube Video Investigates Mystery Behind Pokemon Z
A new video from the DidYouKnowGaming? YouTube channel offers insight into what happened with Pokemon Z, the expected follow-up to Pokemon X and Pokemon Y that never happened. The Pokemon franchise up to this point had historically followed up each dual main series release with a third game. Yet instead of Pokemon Z, Game Freak Moved on to Pokenon Omega Ruby and Pokemon Alpha Sapphire before Pokemon Sun and Moon. Why it did so is likely to surprise some Pokemon fans.
The official line is that Game Freak never planned to make Pokemon Z. Pokemon X and Y producer Junichi Masuda is even quoted as saying this is true and that Game Freak likes to surprise its fans. Instead of making Pokemon Z, Game Freak made Pokemon Sun and Moon so it could celebrate Pokemon's anniversary in 2016. However, the official response leaves a lot of questions unanswered, like why Pokemon Sun and Moon took longer than normal to develop.
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The DidYouKnowGaming? video delves into these questions and seeks answers where there's evidence to discover. For instance, it starts by noting that dataminers in 2014 found evidence Game Freak was working on two games, «28» and «29,» implying a dual release like Black 2 and White 2. Later datamining revealed Game Freak would skip 28 and 29, labeling them as «CALOS_RESERVE» and assigning Pokemon Sun and Moon numbers 30 and 31. Note that there were also «ALOLA_RESERVE» placeholders for 32 and 33 that eventually became Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
The leading theory that DidYouKnowGaming? believes explains Game Freak's decision not to develop a pair of Pokemon Z games has to do with development resources. It explains that around 2015, when Pokemon Z would
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