>>47027364The pandemic and the lack of an AC game in 7 years. New Leaf was stagnant at that point.
>>470273631) SWSH are below average. Compare this game to Platinum, HGSS, and B2W2. Hell, to SM and USUM, which were linear as well but actually tried to create a coherent story and at least tried to experiment with the formula.
2) DLC of that scale should NOT be $30. The Fighters Pass in Smash contains 6 new playable characters, stages, and spirits on top of balance patches. Reskinned models, a few new Pokémon and forms, two 2-hour stories, a few extra battle modes, and two areas the size of the Wild Area should be at max $15.
3) Not necessarily. Only the first party Switch games.
4) What is there to play with friends? The same two fucking battle modes (Raids and online) since the beginning?
