>>54347009>Pokemon games never looked very good, so nobody ever expected much in the way of visuals.This. Even back when Gen 1 was new, I thought the sprites for the Pokémon looked ugly. The anime, TCG, books, toys, spin-off games, etc. did a lot of heavy pulling back in the day.
>They absolutely fucking expected to be able to use every Pokemon.Also this. What was lacking in graphics was made up for in gameplay. Now the games are lacking in both graphics and gameplay.
