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At some point Masuda seemed more concerned with making Pokemon into this safe and approachable brand instead of just making cool fucking games. Sinnoh was too hard for the kids, so they make Unova a giant circle where you can't get lost. Mobile games became popular, so they filled XY with overpowered handouts and weak Gym Battles. Pokemon GO took the world by storm, so they remade Kanto AGAIN. All those games have their merits, but the focus drifted more and more into safe and samey. RS was his best game btw.