>>4938359964 was a good jump to 3D, you're still platforming to a goal and doing them in the order you want basically means each level represents one of the worlds form smb3 or smw. its based. pokemon is a bigboy series like mario. if mario needs something to set an example with for each console then pokemon does too.
Except GF is completely unprepared for real consoles since nintendo's used handhelds for retro type games all this time (2d metroid and zelda). Links awakening and metroid dread have to be compared side by side with botw and prime 4 and its not really fair with how we've been conditioned but what can you do, at least both options are there.
so PLA is finally attempting to be true 3D for pokemon. they could've kept it like colosseum or XY which is akin to mario doing 3d land but they're expanding the scope bc its 2022 ffs. and they're even keeping "legends" distinct for you fags, meaning the old style will continue alongside it. idk why, its still not a hard and fast action game and legends is pretty much what swsh should've been so the old style should be merged in or retired imo.