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>NOOOOOOOOO BROS WHY ISNT THE DP REMAKE A SERIES OF HALLWAYS? WHY HAS POKEMON FORSAKEN US???
The 2D overworlds were chibi and the chibi style lets them create 3D environments 1:1 with the DS games which means no sacrifices in level design (which is good, because Platinum has the best dungeons).
XY already had too many concessions and it was still holding onto vestiges of the grid format, and ORAS level design suffered for it.
Could it be more aesthetic? Yes, certainly, it's a little by the numbers and not as thought out as something like Links Awakening chibi. And of course HD2D would be the #1 option
But chibi-grid over the terrible SM/SWSH style games is full-stop a good thing. Fuck anyone who thinks that hallway level design is even remotely acceptable
