>>51682811>SwShDecent QoL upgrades, introduced Marnie, and some sick ass designs like Grimmsnarl, Sirfetch'd, and Obstagoon. Wild Area is too lackluster, but ultimately improved on the idea in DLC. I will never, ever, defend the Dexcut. I don't care how much you hate trannies or yourself, it's inexcusable. Every single Pokemon should be usable through transfer like every other game, full stop. It's so baffling that certain obtainable Pokemon don't even have proper Pokedex entries.
>PLABreath of fresh air this series desperately needed. I loved the catching mechanics and streamlined evolution methods. Battling felt a bit undercooked at times, but nothing super egregious. I hope GameFreak goes back in this direction again and sticks to it.
>BDSPWhat the actual fuck. I love Sinnoh, but these were easily the worst mainline games and remakes by far. Sure, the expanded Pokedex is accessible as soon as you can go underground and Cynthia's updated team was a nice challenge. But this game looks like shit, and is lacking in content. I think we've ought to expect this since they weren't remakes of Platinum, but even ORAS had enough new things (primarily the DexNav) to make up for it.
I love Pokemon, but these games have set the precedent for low expectations.