The real reason for Game Freak's choice of visuals.

[Darwinianevolution]

Lonely_Dolphin said:

Darwinianevolution said:

I'm not sure what's Nintendo's role in all of this. On one hand, the weakening of the pokemon games from GameFreak's grasp could give Nintendo the opportunity to exert more control over the franchise, and thus its incredibly profitable side businesses. On the other hand, the mobile-ization of the series is just what Nintendo needs the absolute least, considering it still is their biggest hardware seller.

The general ownership of the IP is an overall headache, and I assume Game Freak is being pulled between The Pokemon Co. and Nintendo, with added problems of leadership, work overload, team morale and really tight deadlines. Mobile profits being as high as they are is in no way helping Game Freak in getting their shit together, considering the impossible task of keeping up with microtransaction money.

A google search says Nintendo owns ~66% of Pokemon and thus could mandate changes to improve quality, but perhaps that percentage is incorrect.

I don't think mobile is a problem, Pokemon Go has been out and yet the mainline series sells as it usually does, in fact it even caused a boost for Sun/Moon iirc. The money it makes should actually help, not like money is an issue I imagine unless the top heads are hoarding it all.

Mobile is not a problem because it's eating into the mainline games' sales and profits. Mobile is a problem because it earns so much money from such a little investment that it makes the mainline games look unprofitable by comparison. And the money earned by mobile will go towards mobile, because business-wise, it's the most profitable choice to make, thus the mainline games won't see a single penny from Go's profits.