The battles being real time is a neat change of pace and the extra development time seems to be paying of since Legends Z-A definitely looks better than SV. Gen 10 presumably next year will be the real test but with them being willing to go multiple years without a new big game now and have a 4 year gap between gens instead of 3 makes me somewhat optimistic for it. Nice to see that the worst is likely over. Also them finally making another Stadium like game is good to see since the most recent official Pokemon battling simulator being nearly 20 years old isn't ideal. Though hopefully Showdown remains safe despite this.
And with this looking to be a holiday title this combined with the next 3D Mario would be one hell of a holiday lineup for the Switch 2's first holiday season.