Is the metagame officially dead?

Is the metagame officially dead?

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No meta is just as important In mmo's than any others.

it debatably died in gen 5, but mega evolution is when it was dead without question

Megas killed it.
Z-moves were the coffin.
Dynamax is the funeral.

>Tyranitar used hyper beam on primeape
>misses
>quarter of the audience instantly dies from the beam

why would they do this, and destroy all size of pokemon? now nothing will be spectacular, because they're all massive. this feels so off. so... what is the next next stop? giant mega evolution pokemon? does this mean going forward, pokemon will ALWAYS have to turn large now, as if you're battling giant fucking monsters? is this just a one time thing?

It's been dead since Gen 4.

It's an Ohmori game too so expect 20+ legendaries, mythicals and UBs.

Mega evolutions were fun for a bit when they were first introduced, but there were so many M-Pokemon that turned the metagame inside out.

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Don't worry, I'm here to save the metagame!

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>pokemon..........big

>Choose between a 3 turn buff, or a full game buff

Why not just nerf Megas to only last 3 turns? What is the point of adding this?

From my understanding I think its just gonna be this game. It should have only been certain pokemon or pokemon in its final evolution. I can't imagine a giant Bidoof

>only available during raid battles or certain gym fights
>probably optional in multiplayer

I'm sure it's fine if you ignore the fact it already died in gen 6

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kek

gamefreak only has 2 balance settings
>broken
>irrelevant

Thank you genies!

ez clap

Because this is the new and marketable gimmick of the gen. It's a marketing gimmick first and a game mechanic second just like Megas and Z-moves.

>certain pokemon or pokemon in its final evolution
Doubt it. They said pokemon of this region and have shown with several pokemon that older gen pokemon not in their final evolutions performing it.

>voltorb used self destruct

Game?

I'll take megas over weather wars any day
>inb4 brave bird

Let's do this, brother.

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Gen 5 was worse than 6

This looks like a parody of over the top JRPG attacks

>gonna make all my female pokemon giant

This is the best thing to happen to Pokemon since gen 4

Does seeing the genies, Ferrothorn, Volcarona, Keldeo, Amoongus, etc. still make you seethe, user?

Gen 4 is when the death started with dumb power creep and fucking stealth rocks.