>>45681479>What "SM formula"?Starters having one-note personalities that seem more like characters than an actual species (Kalos starters don’t have this problem. Greninja can be snooty, Delphox can be grumpy, Chesnaught can be brutal and so on)
Emphasis on human characterization and ignoring the pocket monsters (Lillie/Hop)
No exploration, regions are just pretty hallways now
No official bike theme (Gen 6 was the last one)
Champions would remind you that Kanto is the best region (Kukui only wants a league because he got his ass kicked by the oh-so powerful Kanto elite four, Leon has a fucking Kanto starter as his main. Diantha at least adores the region she represents and makes no mention of Kanto)
Champions forced to have the starter you did not choose. Diantha has her own aesthetic going on which matches her cinema theme
Box legendaries having implied genders now
The evil team are made up of punks, but it turns out they’re just losers, and the real villain was the corporate psychopaths (Aether/Macro Cosmos)
Emphasis on useless cutscenes (SWSH tones it down from SM but it was still pretty bad)
Introducing a fuck ton of legendaries when Gen 6 toned it down after Gen 5
No national dex
Introduction of regional forms (this isn’t bad though)
Young protagonists again
Bad customization (this is nitpicky)
Forced to wear shitty riding gear for bike/pokeride when previous gens let you wear your regular clothes
