>>53941016>I don't know why your mind would go there since stuff like EVs are indeed small.To provide an example of a change that can hardly be argued as a pure upgrade. And it's major, as it promotes offensive with one side of the spectrum by limiting stats that can be maxed out to 2, which nerfs defensive play in general as well.
>re: gameplay changesAdding a type to the type chart is a much lesser change than
>items, adding a new Pokemon stat which splits the Special stat in two>Abilities, double battles which remained a mainstay of the series and the main format, reworking stat calculation, reworking items by repurposing of outright removing many previous ones>Physical/Special split>re: visualsEvery gen had some big changes in visuals, but Gen 3 was the biggest change of games before the nu-era, then every game of the nu-era introduced big improvements.
