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For me, it's that it doesn't stand out stylistically, either as a game by itself, or as a Pokemon title. When I think "Pokemon's art style," I think of things like Sugimori's watercolours and the trainer card art from the TCG (pic related). I do not, and have never thought, "Tales ripoff."
They had an opportunity to really make something of the games artistically and they chose not to take it. I can respect that from a business standpoint, because people are certainly lapping up this unremarkable tripe anyway, but I cannot respect it creatively.
