To be fair I love the Alolan forms but were incredibly disappointing that they were gen 1 only and voiced my disappointment with it a lot leading up to release.
It's just that Alolan forms are the epitome of genwunner pandering in Sun and Moon. Maybe if they did other generations it wouldn't be perceived as pandering anymore but for now you're contradicting yourself.
regional forms are a cool idea that is ruined by they fact it's only gen 1 pokemon
They are a cool Idea nontheless and the fact it's only gen one pokemon makes sense insofar that they are the oldest of the bunch/the most logical target for a redesign. People always criticized them for being too bland/boring and now they are criticizing that these boring/bland pokemon get a redesign lmao. Shit makes no sense.