It's not that Game Freak never had to change, it's that they never had to evolve.
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The biggest reason why it seems like Game Freak is making all these retarded mistakes, lack of graphic improvements and all this other shit is actually really simple, they never had to improve
And I don't just mean in the sense that "Pokemon is popular so they got complacent", I mean, the mainline Pokemon games had been on handhelds for over 20 years. What that means is that Game Freak did not have to accommodate to the shifting market and graphical/gameplay leaps that came with the newer home consoles. They've been working with outdated tech for this whole time because they've never actually had to truly advance. Everything's been on handheld, they just have to adjust it to that.
So with their first mainline title on Switch (along with Pokemon Home being a perfect opportunity to cut the Pokemon), you're now seeing the equivalent of something like Sonic going to 3D with Adventure. Or worse, Bubsy
