Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee reveal trailer

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NightlyPoe said:

curl-6 said:

It's not so much an issue of art style though. You can have the same "laid back" art style but with decent textures and detail. Plenty of simplistic cartoon games have graphics above the standard of the Xbox 360.

It is completely an issue of art style.  You're just pointing out a similar but distinct art style of Sonic and wondering why they don't do that instead.  I'm pointing out that they made the conscious decision to stick with the style shown.

It's not *entirely* style.  They could have a very similar look but still push much higher detail.  

They did, however, choose to make this a throwback so yes, some of the limitations are intentional.  Such as the grid based terain.  Even so, it could still be more.  But Pokemon Company usually does this, their first game is usually lower key on the technical end.