>>37060766hoenn had soul, sinnoh had soul, unova had soul. everything after that? soulless. dumbed-down games, kanto pandering replacing new ideas, blatant cash grabs (usum being $40 dlc, lgpe being $60, mew being gated behind a $50 controller), culminating in the shitfest that is lgpe.
meanwhile, game freak is completely out of touch with the industry and its fans, as masuda tells the media "haha, kids and their smartphones, haha, i really don't know! making games is hard!" in response to every question.
pokemon has absolutely nothing to be proud of. game freak should actually be embarrassed that smaller franchises in their own niche are lapping them. persona 5, cyber sleuth and the upcoming yo-kai watch 4 make modern pokemon look like a joke.