>>57912355
I fucking hate the state of Modern Pokemon; and how incompetent Game Freak is compared to the rest of Nintendo and their related companies.
>Mario goes back to his roots with a collectathon inspired by the SM64, and other collectathons of the era
>Zelda gives you a huge sprawling open world to explore; sure we're all probably regretting it now, but back then it was revolutionary
>Kirby... admittedly stumbled at first, but the pink puffball's first fully 3D game in Forgotten Land more than made up for Star Allies' shortcomings
>Smash brings back everyone, and adds several long standing fan requests, such as Ridley, King K. Rool, and Banjo & Kazooie, before culminating in fucking Disney joining the roster with Sora. Your stance on the characters may vary, I fucking hate Sora, but there's no denying there will never be another game with Mario, Sonic, Mega Man, Cloud, Ryu, Simon Belmont, Steve, and Sora all on screen at once ever again
Meanwhile, Pokemon is actively getting worse and worse, and is making more than the series I've mentioned.
As long as shills like Joe Merrick are around, Pokemon will never truly be amazing. I just want it to be 2008 again and I'll actually feel happy playing a new Pokemon game...