>>53886155My theory is that they don't have time to properly learn and practice it. Basically, they just learn how to do it real quick and then just kinda shit something out ASAP to the best of their ability.
Character and Pokémon designers aside, Game Freak doesn't really hire new people for their core team AFAIK, so it's most of the people who have been there the whole time the franchise existed, and I think those people are just forced to learn whatever they need to for the new games. 3D art is way more complex than 2D, it's a huge skillset to learn and takes a lot of practice to actually get good at. You can see how amateurish they are in that regard with shit like how Paldea is placed on a giant sphere of water, with the landmass covering maybe 1% of it. That's the kinda shit I'd see in student projects and let it slide, but for such a huge franchise? Just fucking embarrassing. They should really outsource that kinda shit.