>>45092905I think he is. If we liked old Pokémon games for the reasons he stated, then we would stop liking them once "real adventure games"came out. Or at least, we would recognize them as being objectively better than Pokémon games.
I think most people consider the example games better than modern Pokémon games (Sword/Shield, LGEP), but I don't know about classic ones. Personally I think very few RPGs are on pair with Heart Gold/Soul Silver, Black/White or even some of the high quality fan hack ROMs we ave today.
