>>52858704Alola had soul, it's just that the game itself was small and handholdy.
Cut half of Lillie's dialog, double the size of the islands (and/or make the islands have actual water routes between them), and make the ultra dimension stuff more complex, and the game would've been one of the best gens of the franchise (though Z moves were dumb, t.b.h.)
Also make all NPCs fight better or have better stats, but that's a repetitive complaint since it's valid for most of the franchise.