You guys do realize gens 4 and 5 were 3D right? The people and Pokémon were sprites but everything else was 3D. 3D isn't the problem because Game Freak's already shown that they can make an interesting 3D world. They just think everyone is a casual now and are lazy.
>>32743486>I personally really liked the sprites and some areas I think couldn't be topped even with top tier 3D graphics.The only 2D things in that screenshot are Lucas and the Poké Ball. Everything else is 3D stylized to look like sprites