Very dedicated staff
I've even received tremendous help from Datriot of Pokémon Tropica fame. This guy's put in the very core of the Pokémon game system.
The reason so many Pokémon based projects fail is their lack of the systems and nobody there to help them. And so many of them are actually masterminded by talentless n00bs, I'm sad to say. And talentless n00bs don't attract talented people who can help them, so they never get anyone to make the project work. I'm blessed to have a dedicated support team who make this game so damn good.
Lord knows why CoL failed. That's quite sad as that was probably the most promising project ever. But Booda Sack used Sphere
TIS THE DEVIL! Rawr.
The other good games are in development and will hopefully make it through
Acanthite is being carried to the finish line by a lot of people.