I think if anything killed alolan forms its the z moves.
& I don't mean from a "there was no time!" stand point
They keep having the z moves as their "big" multi-month reveals like the megas in ORAS were even though they...really...really aren't
I could easily see gamefreak, in their extremely weird brand of nonsense, think z moves are the defining feature because its the new battle add on like megas were. And thus the huge constant focus on z moves from:
-Presumably 3 of the moves being part of the initail reveal trailer
-The enhanced z ring being the stinger for the initial trailer
-Having an extended part of the first real trailer be about the z ring
-Dedicating the worlds reveal to...a z move
-Every time a z move (OR MORE) is in a trailer it gets like half the run time
-Literally, the last trailer reveal was almost 2 minutes on 2 z moves and the enahnced rotom dex, and one of those features was using more z moves
-z crystal merchandise all over the place
Z moves have gotten more attention and focus from gamefreak than the actual new pokemon
E: I bet that next month's ~big reveal~ will be Mimikyu & Togedemaru's z moves and one other thing shoved to the side like the battle tree or w/e
& I don't mean from a "there was no time!" stand point
They keep having the z moves as their "big" multi-month reveals like the megas in ORAS were even though they...really...really aren't
I could easily see gamefreak, in their extremely weird brand of nonsense, think z moves are the defining feature because its the new battle add on like megas were. And thus the huge constant focus on z moves from:
-Presumably 3 of the moves being part of the initail reveal trailer
-The enhanced z ring being the stinger for the initial trailer
-Having an extended part of the first real trailer be about the z ring
-Dedicating the worlds reveal to...a z move
-Every time a z move (OR MORE) is in a trailer it gets like half the run time
-Literally, the last trailer reveal was almost 2 minutes on 2 z moves and the enahnced rotom dex, and one of those features was using more z moves
-z crystal merchandise all over the place
Z moves have gotten more attention and focus from gamefreak than the actual new pokemon
E: I bet that next month's ~big reveal~ will be Mimikyu & Togedemaru's z moves and one other thing shoved to the side like the battle tree or w/e