>>42242597>3rd versions>remake>finally Gen 5>How about instead, let's imagining being so defensiveWell you are being the embodiment of defensive.
>all have very easily 60+ hours of contentPeople are breaking 200hrs on SwSh...yikes
>Deflecting to nostalgiaanon what are YOU doing
>Sword and Shield lack an enormous amount of care or evolution compared to every single other big wig Nintendo franchise out thereThink you mean POKEMON in general
>if you're calling Pokemon a barebones jrpg then why are you so opposed to it being better?No one is but that ship has sailed when we are literally 20 years in and this is the 8th installment and "standards" has not been the talking point for this franchise at all but a mindless dex filler.
>Find better ways of defending these gamesThat's the point with 20 years of this being the norm. You have to put extremely more effort in the inverse to make a dent.