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Ljink96 on 16 May 2018
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Xxain said:
Ljink96 said:

Oh no... I just hope it isn't this:

This looks pretty embarrassing from a AAA title on a device like the Switch. Kinda wish they would contract Level 5 to do similar art of Ni No Kuni II but for Pokemon.

Pokemon is not an AAA franchise. 

These terms "AAA" or "B" are film terms that transferred over to games industry. They have nothing to do with the popularity of the game but the standard budget allocated to that series. All Pokemon games have less than a 20mill budget. I hope that image is not true as well, but everything we know so far makes it seem so. A Pokemon aimed at Pokemon GO players. 

This is what happens when a franchise goes unchallenged for too long.

Yeah I debated whether to label it as AA/B or AAA but didn't know the budgets. Do you have a link to the budgets, I know they can't be that costly but I'd just like to see them. With HD Development, it could become costly as Nintendo themselves found out but I digress.

So sure, it's a AA/B game...but so is Octopath Traveler and it looks better than this. You're right, this is what happens when it goes unchallenged, but also because they're so comfortable working on underpowered hardware. I just really hope it doesn't look like this because I liken it to, releasing Pokemon Yellow on the Gameboy Advance, as is without any substantial upgrades.