How do they not put in effort?
I mean, I post this in nearly every Pokémon thread about what should be done with the series, but continuing to develop the games with a bare minimum attitude as far as presentation, budget, and content go is becoming a little detrimental to the way I enjoy the games.
I dont think a couple interesting side quests or a handful of good flavor text amount to a good effort on world building. Sun and Moon were a step in the right direction, but the effort to make the Pokémon world feel more lived in and immersive needs to expand beyond theres a book in Black and White that says Kyurem eats people. The little things here and there are appreciated, but they are very
very few and far between.
A few things Id like to see:
- longer Pokédex entries (these are the most meaningful things they do at the moment for world building so they need to be more than one or two sentences)
- more detailed environments with better NPCs (started in the right direction with SM)
- more/detailed ways to interact with Pokémon outside of battle and Refresh
- meaningful side content with interesting mission structure/characters/interactions
Spend some money. Make the games live up to their reputation in terms of presentation. They arent doing that presently.