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Is there a reason why Pokemon as a game is rubbish? These days whole games are made by a single person, even after a 1000 hours of gameplay you're still finding new content. Meanwhile the highest grossing franchise is still making sub-par games that are tiny, basic, unbalanced, crammed with unwanted clutter, fun aspects removed between games and some of the pokemon monsters aren't that appealing.
Why can't the games be more about exploring and actually catching pokemon? I wanna turn off a route, cut through some trees and find an old mansion. Inside you'll find various items, pokemon and a few lines of text about the place. Even HM's could get you into hidden area's like a valley with maybe a stream running down the middle.
It doesn't have to be some skyrim open world meme just have alot more area's branching off and connecting with each other.