>>41911391This. I expected Let's Go to be super trash, but it was pretty fun besides the horrible motion controls. A lot of the "removed" stuff was never in gen 1 to begin with, so it felt less like it was lacking out of laziness, but rather intentionally less complex for phone babies. Even if I missed those features, the riding/following mechanic is something I've wanted for years, so it was really nice to see, although I wish it didn't raise Affection.
Let's Go honestly made me look forward to the next one, which would hopefully add more features that the later gens introduced, as a sort of progression through the series. SwSh, on the other hand, makes me dread gen 9. Initially I thought people were just exaggerating since the beginning seemed fine, but holy shit it drops off hard halfway through.