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easily sprites
I get models are more technically impressive, and they're not bad to begin with, but Game Freak handles them awfully, they cause FPS issues and Pokémon feels more stylised with pixel art
same for the Mystery Dungeon games, I bought SMD and I couldn't put more than three hours into it because it just felt really jarring, the handdrawn aesthetic it had with the backgrounds in the Rescue Teams and Explorers games were gorgeous