>>40936790No? You can clearly see a lack of quality in later games. XY had piss-poor difficulty even by Pokemon standards, a bad story with worse characters, no postgame, no side-quest like Contests, a very small number of new Pokemon, and a linear region without much room for exploration. We got Super Training and Mon Amie, but that's not substantial.
Alola only had a sidequest (Mantine Surfing) in USUM, and it was incredibly shallow compared to Contests, Super Contests and movies. Most of the region was small and everything was non-interactive set dressing. PSS was merged with Join Avenue to make a horrifying mess. Customization was even worse than XY's and had version-exclusive clothing. Unskippable cutscenes every three seconds. I actually liked these games, but they can't be played over a long time because there region is completely dead once you finish the main story and get the Ultra Beasts.
Looking at all the content added in HG/SS, it's a huge step up from GS and even Crystal. ORAS didn't add nearly as much and is evenly matched with Emerald, at best.
