>>40388127pokemon has unironically turned into atelier.
>barebones basic jrpgs with shitty gimmicks>the games with the most effort and ambition put into them (gen 5/mana khemia) underperformed commercially and were polarizing, causing the devs to go back to their comfort zone>relying on waifu pandering for sales>annual release model>every game now has cash grabs that would make ea jealouscan't wait for gen 9 to have season passes that cost more than the actual game!