>>45057600Pretty much
Graphics can be meh and still have a good game underneath
Problem is that Pokemon was never stellar, a fun romp, sure, but what made it stand apart from other Mascot collecting RPGs was how it actually respected your time with it by not making you throw all your previous achievements away (Ribbons, old event Mons, the actual fucking Pokemon, etc)
SwoShi indiscriminately cut out a lot of gameplay options and content (Megas, Z Moves, the option of turning off EXP Share, literally 200+ Pokemon) and gave you nothing but streamlining the process of making online-capable Pokemon (Conveniently cutting out a lot of features that are now in Pokemon Home and not even the Switch Home, the mobile one)
And hell, the problem with SwoShi ain't that it's bad or not (it is certainly subpar tho) it's that they gutted content and lied every step of the way AND gave nothing new or worthwhile to make up for it while already having the assets for everything missing and simply can't bring themselves to do it because fuck you give us money
