Moving off 2D sprites was a mistake

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The DS era sprite work was godlike. DPP, HGSS and BW/BW2 is considered by many to be among the top Pokemon games of all time because of the great sprite work, allowing for some top notch awesome atmosphere. Think of Johto tower, comfy rainy Unova in autumn, Snowpoint city etc. Spritework also allows for devs to jam in more content into the game.

Compare DPP, HGSS, BW and BW2 to XY,ORAS, and SuMo. The only mediocre game is arguably vanilla DP, the rest is chuck loaded with content, and awesome MIDI music. The 3DS games feels very sanitized, it's like green zone hills everywhere, just like the anime. It doesn't matter whether Ash is walking from Pallet to Viridian, or from Nacrene to Castelia, you'll just get another Green Zone hill backdrop.