I have to say this about pokemon...

[Luke888]

umegames said:

man do i hope pokemon stars is real, and in some fashion a SERIOUS upgrade, because it feels like sun and moon was "envisioned" for a bigger scale but was limited to the 3ds, taking serious steps backward, but gamefreak said "oh well, lets go ahead and scale it down for now, sell millions, then put the real game on the Switch". I understand i might be the odd one out, but as a fan since red and blue, this new entry is the worst of them all, without a doubt for me. 

Pros:

Rid of HM moves 

New pokemon are cool 

A little bit (just barely) more challenging than Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 

easier to train and level up for competitive play involving IV's and EV's 

Cons: 

Way to linear 

No side / extra missions like pokemon contests, safari zone etc 

too many cut scenes 

feels to much like a loooong episode of the cartoon, pointless dialogue and pokemon "chirping" 

worst soundtrack in the series 

worst story in the series 

fishing is over simplified (only 1 kind of Rod so magikarp appear often) 

however, can only fish in dedicated places 

hardly any double battles in game, no triple battles Collapse

I'd argue the bolded points, the cutscenes are part of the story and aren't THAT common, the game is as far from the Anime as it could be, you have companions, yes, but they are hardly ever following you, and the plot is one of the best in the series imho. the soundtrack depends on your musical taste but I find it one of the best too !