Gamefreak have this weird way of making their games "fresh" and "distinct".

Franchises like SMT: Persona make their games distinct and unique with striking artstyles and unique music of different genres that allow you to tell which game you're looking at/listening to immediately.

Gamefreak on the other hand remove great features and bring them back worse.

They introduced customisation, then brought it back with version exclusive clothing.

They introduced Join Avenue, then brought it back as the mandatory online interface and added a stupid alternate currency instead of just letting you use regular money.

They introduced infinite use O-Powers, then brought them back as single use consumable items obtained at random.

What will the next feature causality be I wonder?