ITT: reviews and opinion pieces that can really well articulate the current status of the Pokemon franchise based on their impressions of the lastest games of the series, Sword and Shield.
That means no IGN, those guys can't objectively review a Pokemon game if their lives depended on it. That goes for many reviews who sing praises of Sw/Sh and underscore the shortcomings of the game. The game has flaws and addressing them properly is no sin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62PFkCrE2co 