>Yokai Watch gets popular
>Game Freak suddenly adds a talking comedy ghost sidekick, a minimap, and ultimate moves with retarded dances
>Breath of the Wild/open world meme gets popular
>Multiplayer raids get popular
>Game Freak suddenly adds Wild Area and multiplayer raids
Now they're just copying flavors of the month because they're creatively bankrupt. Everyone always jokes about the normies who keep saying they've run out of ideas but they literally have, otherwise they wouldn't be copying other games in an effort to stay relevant.