No, there would have still been complaints. It just would have been more along the lines of "Eh, whatever. Not interested." instead of "Dude, WTF!?"

Well that’s because Pokémon Snap was brilliant and this is a reskin of a mobile game.

Indigo League of Legends

I mean I’m sure they didn’t have much to show about it hence it’s placement in the last direct but New Pokémon Snap feels like a way bigger deal to me than this.

...Who asked for this? WHO WASTED THEIR MONKEYS PAW WISH ON THIS?!

Pokemon Company just can’t read the room. They really made serious hype by making a whole other Pokemon Presents for a free to “start” mobile battler? No one should have been expecting anything more than Let’s Go 2, but no one was expecting this hot pile.