>>49827125They realized that the anime style didn't work well for "sfm" animations. They were tired of how low quality they all were.
They've moved to a more "3D" style for both the humans and Pokemon, and gave the Pokemon actual skin textures, to give artists a better starting point to creating models for animated porn. Basically trying to be more like overwatch in a sense.
The protagonists are clearly supposed to look like a shy, slightly younger brother and genki slightly older sister because that's the artists fetish.