>>48996467>Less graphical coherencyYoure literally saying anything now
>less gameplay modesThe base 3ds could barely handle double battles because they were more ambitious with the graphics
>less ambitious map designWon't you look at that, its harder to design a fully 3d world for the first time an a game mostly on a grid. XY also isnt even that ambitious, lumiose is the only area of the game you could even consider sort of complex