Totally disagree on the starters, I like them, but the apple guy is certainly goofy.
I like that the Pokémon movements seem more natural and they seem to have included animations for them. In fact, other things of the environment seem to be animated as well (like the blankets), which I think is something S&S sorely lacked unless I'm misremembering. In general, the game looks markedly better than S&S and AL, I'm impressed, bodes well for the future.
I still think they should stop making Pokémon an annual series, however, for the sake of the games. But really, Switch is really getting at its strongest 5 years after its release.
My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first.
