>>45264275>We got a good story with SMI don't play pokemon to hear about some random girl's parental issues. The only good character in SM was Guzma.
>we had a focus on gameplay with SwShLast I checked they doubled down on focusing on characters I couldn't care less about, and you can still just use your starter like it was your birthright.
The games need to get away from legendaries and region ending catastrophes in the plot. Legendaries lose any punch they could have if they're just shoved in your face before you even play the game and force you to catch them.