Games

On that note. Which Rom hacks can you recommend?

There's a difference between not needing good graphics and clearly not giving a shit about their graphics for decades at a time.

Probably since many indie titles with much more limited budgets and smaller teams run circles around Pokémon graphics and gameplay nowadays.

Although I can't personally confirm for sure since the last title I bought was sun/moon and reviews seem to indicate not much has changed (considering all the options available to gamers).

Because Pokemon could do way better, the whole point of the games going off the 3ds was supposed to be that they wouldn't be held back by the hardware. No, graphics are not all that matter. But am I wrong for expecting games made by a "AAA" company with infinitely more budget and manpower to look like a finished game? Compared to other games released on the same hardware like breath of the wild, Pokemon games look like tech demo leaks. Maybe they need to go back to 2d sprites? I don't know, but looking at how they never skip a beat taking down a fan game or rom hack tells me they themselves know their games are ass and they need to get rid of any competition.

You can resell a physical game, so you can effectively play a game for a much lower cost. I did this for Switch 1 games

can’t speak to the difficulty but it is 60 FPS now!

…if you play it on switch 2 that is

I mean, they're games meant for kids, man. Why the fuck are you expecting a challenge? The skill ceiling of pokemon is crazy high and building a game to challenge hardcore players would be ridiculously challenging. That being said, watched a let's play, wouldn't recommend. It looks... fucking rough and the new combat gimmick makes combat feel incredibly flat. It is an interesting idea, cooldown based combat, but letting the player move around makes it feel floaty and non-impactful.