>>43754783Bullshit, the story didn't fall apart after the third gym like XY, the gyms and events felt fully-fleshed out unlike the trials, confirmed to be coded in last minute and re-using an ASSLOAD of assets to do so, as everyone else was too busy elsewhere
helping to get over a thousand total pokémon models to be able to make new assets for them, per Ohmori. The only thing that felt off in SS was the overworld pokémon and as that was a reaction to a game released a year before they launched SS, it's no wonder. It helped make the game more, in my estimation.