>>27908053>Interesting region>No gyms>Rideable pokemon>Evil team actually has personality>Consistently good new mons>Tons of new abilities>Tons of new unique/rare type combos>Alolan forms>Hyper training>>27908105I'm willing to bet most pokemon fans don't really care about most of that, and are just happy to have new mons to capture and fight with. A challenge is nice to have but it's not really what I play pokemon for.
I'm also less worried about getting a postgame this time around, since the main game is actually different for the first time in 20 years. As long as the game has a little bit to do after beating the e4, I'm fine.
