>>41251085The thing is that XY and SM only added features, such as Megas and Alolan forms. The animations were limited because they never intended them to have much interaction besides battles and Amie, but for what the games proposed to do, they worked.
Sw/Sh animations are actually worse than X/Y in some points, such as how the pokémon just freezes in place when their animation cycle ends, then there's the Double Kick-tier animations and whatnot. They also CUT content such as the GTS, moves, Megas and Alolan forms and offered very little in exchange. And the game is fucking pretty much everyone who didn't format their cards in Fat32, something that no other Switch game ever did.
XY and SM at least worked properly, shill. But don't worry, as the critics and pokétubers are (((loving))) it and it's selling like hotcakes. For all purposes, it's a success.