>>58568834I don't think the "realistic" appeal of Pokemon was lost after gen 1 since villains like armchair environmentalists/nihilists exist in real life as do entities that we venerate as deities. But it's definitely been de-fanged
>every Pokedex from gen 8 onwards has been reduced to a cellphone>not just villains, characters as a whole have become too much of a hugbox, no one disagrees or hates anything unless it's for a cute shtick >obvious pseudo-human mons and tropey gimmicks like Z-moves becoming more and more common>adventures filled with drama and wonder are now as mundane as school excursions and tourist trips>unironic MCU plots (specifically Rainbow Rocket)Things like
>>58568871 do still exist but they tend to be the exception. Did you know that Burnet being pregnant is the first ever time such thing has ever been portrayed in Pokemon?
