This also wasn't helped by a lack of a third game like Pokémon Platinum for Kalos, which has made Gen VI more contentious in the eyes of many.

This was especially jarring considering the game that came before this was Pokémon Black & White 2, sequel games that were packed with content. Gen VI introduced the immensely powerful Mega Evolutions that gave some old Pokémon new life and made popular ones even more powerful, though X and Y were also criticized for having a lack of postgame content. This financial success continues with Sword and Shield, showing that Pokémon is a hotter item than ever before. Being on the extremely successful 3DS, the games sold immensely well. Pokémon X and Y were the first 3D handheld Pokémon games to be released for the main series. The sixth generation of Pokémon is one of the more divisive eras to many series fans, and this is in part due to Kalos never receiving a sequel or third ' Z' version game like the other generations, but that may have not been Game Freak's or Nintendo's original plan. In the most recent Nintendo leak, the plans for cancelled sequels to Pokémon X and Y have been unearthed.

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