Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's character customization becomes more inclusive and filled with options, but a 9-year-old feature is cut for no reason.

For the most part, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet introduce great new features or further improve on the foundations laid by others in the past, which makes Gen 9 one of the best mainline games released so far even considering performance issues. There is arguably a much higher level of attention to detail in Gen 9 than other game in the franchise, to the point that Game Freak added specific animations for how some Pokemon disappear from the overworld, for example. Character customization in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has made significant leaps forward compared to Gen 8 alone, but it's not always a bed of roses.

A great example is that Pokemon Scarlet and Violet players can never take their school uniform off, nor change the way it looks outside of four predetermined outfits - one for every season. As such, players' freedom is quite limited because school uniforms are such an overbearing part of the whole outfit that it's hard to make anything else pop, especially considering that their colors cannot be changed. However, this is far from the worst issue that character customization entails in Gen 9, as Pokemon Scarlet and Violet completely remove the ability to wear skirts in Paldea.