>>39867211 And as a trade off for making both Aqua and Magma the villains and bringing Kyogre and Groudon into the forefront at the same time, thus Rayquaza comes in... you miss out on a climatic battle that R/S gave.
Against a legendary pokemon that is destroying the world. Instead, it gets resolved in a cut scene.
Well similar deal with USUM. Humanizing Lusamine so she can come off as more forgivable, not having her get sick and thus we see her have a turnaround.
We also actually have shit at stake in USUM beyond Lillie told us to with Necrozma eating the sun instead of rescuing two people who caused trouble and one of them we would have been happier just leaving her to rot.
We also have Lillie stay on Alola with her new friends and family instead of leaving it all behind and going back to her not so convincingly redeemed mother like all is forgiven... when we didn't see anything with her.
We also have Gladion made the trip this time, he comes back a month later and we trigger the family closure.
A FAR better trade off compared to a story that had the family at the central point, but gave an ending that not only undid most of what was set up but didn't even give closure.
The only thing that was thrown out besides a different course caused by the URS is narrative focus going towards us and the whole of Alola.
