>>58142128Dexit happened. Because of Dexit, they have to constantly reinvent the wheel to justify roster cuts, otherwise they could build up a stock of models, textures, etc. with matching standards that could be directly copypasted into the next installment.
That's why LZA is back to having plastic-looking Pokemon but with the actual modeled mouths/eyes consistency that's been in place since PLA, and it's why Gen 10 will be something else entirely that sets it apart from LGPE and SWSH's "3DS models but upscaled", PLA's "flat colors on what looks like handmade models" and SV's "cartoony but with detail such as metallic sheen, fur and scales."