Thread:Mystic Monkey/@comment-2202259-20191010124259/@comment-2202259-20191018174031

Well Generation 2 was originally supposed to be the end for Pokemon games, because GameFreak didn't think the series would be successful enough to continue. However Nintendo refused to allow the series to end there & did everything they could to groom Pokemon into their #2 series during the 2000s. The games for Gens 1&2 take place in a universe where less than 300 species of Pokemon exist. The Kanto Dex were the most well known, with most of the Johto Dex being secret & recently discovered species.

There was a huge deal made about the discovery of the Steel Type in Gen 2 with Steelix being said to only naturally live so far beneath the Earth's surface it was the stuff of myth. The Baby Pokemon were unknown as well until researchers in Johto discovered them by watching Pokemon Eggs hatch. Porygon 2 was literally the invention of Silph Co. while the Legendary Beasts, Ho-oh, Lugia, & Celebi were thought to not actually exist. Supposedly Raikou, Entei, & Suicune were reborn from 3 Pokemon that died in a fire about 50 years before the game.

Gen 3 started a 2nd Timeline with FRLG & RSE aknowledging that these Pokemon species are believed to only exist within certain regions naturally. The Anime tries to consider the claims of only 150 Pokemon existing as "Early Installment Weirdness", while the manga just revealed that there are more species to discover at the end of Johto.

Super Monkey Ball hasn't had an actual new game in about 7 years. Banana Blitz is getting an HD Port later this year, however the last new game was Banana Splitz for PS Vita. Many believe there was a quality drop in 2006 for Super Monkey Ball games, which remained until the series was abandoned in 2012. Some fans blame the Yakuza series for why Super Monkey Ball 3 never happened on GameCube back in 2004 & the lower quality games that would feel gimmicky that came later.