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1) SOS battles would be annoying if only a select few Pokemon could initiate them, but since you'll be seeing one literally every other encounter, they're absolutely insufferable.
2) No DexNav. I'm trying to catch everything in Sun, but some spawns are just convoluted and asinine (specific grass patches, SOS exclusives). I have to pull up Serebii every 5 minutes just to make sure I'm not missing something, which is not fun. "Gotta catch'em all", my fucking ass.
3) Speaking of spawns, what the fuck even with these encounter rates? Why are so many Pokemon, even brand new ones, locked behind 5% and under spawn chances? Good going GameFreak, 90% of all players will never even witness a wild Mareanie.
4) Very uninteresting batch of trainer NPC's, which is a real shame. Seriously, there's like 20 generic old people for some reason.
5) I'm glad customization is back, but it feels even worse than it was the first time. Dyes are great, but the clothing options feel very restricted, and the lack of hairstyles is pitiful.
All that said, I'm enjoying the new generation. There's a lot to love beneath it's faults. Lots of QoL improvements, Gladion is a fantastic "rival", the soundtrack is GOAT, etc. It's a shame there are so many bizarre choices dragging down the overall experience.