>>46629353I'm still impressed by how much personality they packed into those games. I think the battle sims we got were a pretty good outcome: They even serve as basically a post-game for Gens 1 and 2.
I'd have been totally down for an elaborate, sprite-based Pokemon RPG on the N64, mind you, but I imagine it would've gone over poorly with consumers at the time given how obsessed everyone was with 3D. I think Symphony of the Night suffered initially for being 2D before it garnered some positive word of mouth.
