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nemo37 said:
Xxain said:

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.

I think my biggest issue here with those graphics are that there are a number of smaller productions on Switch (including some indie games) that look far better than this screenshot. But at the same time, my expectations have hit an all time low on the graphics part, largely because when really thinking about, Pokemon games have rarely really pushed the systems they were on.

I agree, while yes they don't push the system (most games that push systems release late in the life cycle), they don't look like previous iterations on previous consoles either. While Gen 3 Didn't look like Gen 2, Gen 8 (technically speaking, not chronologically) so far looks like Gen 7. I've seen these graphics for 4 games in a row, I just want a bit more effort put into em, that's all. 

And I agree to your point, indies are making better looking games than this, people on extremely low budgets. It's because it isn't hard to get a good render out of a game anymore. I hope Gamefreak has taken this into account.