>>39702753First of all, technologically? No it doesn't. Your average interactive demand in Animal crossing games is being able to remove weed, cut trees, fish and catch bugs. That is honestly about on par with player actions in Pokemon games.
Second of all, Xenoblade 2 has piss-poor resolution and a framerate that falters at times, no anti-aliasing and inferior geometry on enviroments. Even though Monolith Soft is NIntendo's SINGLE BEST team, technologically, their game still ended up filled with many graphical compromises. We do not have a single screenshot of Sword Shield with resolution below 720p. XC2 could get down to 300p in some parts when I made my way thru it. "Looking good" did not come without compromises.
Also I said Animal Crossing's development cycle is longer than Pokemon. Last AC game was in 2015, this new game will be out 2020.