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The main problem is GF won't understand open world game design.
BotW is unique in that it's one of the few open world games where the devs actually sat down and designed every aspect of the world to keep it feeling fresh everywhere you go. Even though Hyrule is "empty" by shitposter standards, if you wander off in any given direction will you always be quick to find a new side quest, random NPC event, special mob, enemy hideout, etc. It sounds esoteric but you can really tell Nintendo fucking DESIGNED Hyrule.
Gamefreak won't do that. They'll just have a big world and they'll plop random NPCs in the most random places and the only points of interest will be items on the ground and wild pokemon, like the wild zone.
I'd like to be wrong, but like you said OP GF kind of bit off more than they could chew by openly copying BotW which is often considered one of the best games of the last decade
