>>46508616>Sure, I will admit that they're shallowAre they shallow? The only one that really felt like it to me was Tierno.
>Shauna is autistic but good at puzzles, befriends Clemont which is an interesting dynamic and has relevance to the story>Trevor was abandoned with his sister by their parents in Lumiose, the only reason he really wants to do the whole Dex thing is because it gives him an excuse to go travel and look for them>Not!(You) is a prodigy that constantly gets humbled throughout the story, and the fact they get stepped on with the whole Mega Ring ordeal which Lysandre uses as leverage against them when he points out that no matter how petty, resources are limited and when that's the case they'll be fought overAt the very least, from this bunch they're still more complex than Hau and Gladion. Hau has a complex in trying to be like Hala but it literally never ties into his character arc except almost in USUM, and Gladion is your common runaway boy cliche with nothing else interesting about him other than parkinson's.
The fact you can name a character that is literally irrelevant from XY like Alexa or Ramos but can't any character from SM that isn't constantly being shoved in your face or fapbait is telling.
I just want Pokemon to be good. They didn't need to start reinventing the wheel with regional gimmicks in Gen 7, it only made the newer regions feel like they have even less identity than they already do since it completely revolves around the dongle gimmick instead of the characters or themes like in XY.
