They could just let you set the difficulty

Crystal Clear and all of the Drayano hacks are great if you want close to stock with every QoL mod you could ever dream of. You can optionally patch for type changes or not if memory serves

That sounds like a lot of effort and money to spend on the biggest franchises on the planet. Pokemongos buy their slop no matter what.

Oh yeah no doubt. But the person I replied to seemed to think a game can only have one set difficulty.

Sophisticated PC gamers: "Graphics aren't that important. The surge of indie games has shown that fun gameplay is really the only important factor. If big companies really cared, they would spend more time making sure their game was enjoyable to play rather than worrying about dumb things like hair physics and background animations." Also sophisticated PC gamers: "OMG the new Pokemon game looks like CRAP! Why would anyone bother to play such an ugly game that looks like it came out 10 years ago?!"

You can resell a physical game, so you can effectively play a game for a much lower cost. I did this for Switch 1 games

You can resell a physical game, so you can effectively play a game for a much lower cost. I did this for Switch 1 games. So this might explain a bit

Can’t resell a physical game with a key code like literally every steam/ea/epic/whatever DD platform that almost all devs pigeonhole you into though. IMO physical transfer rules should apply to digital.

Probably since many indie titles with much more limited budgets and smaller teams run circles around Pokémon graphics and gameplay nowadays. Although I can't personally confirm for sure since the last title I bought was sun/moon and reviews seem to indicate not much has changed (considering all the options available to gamers).

That is how it works for Switch 2 physical copies? Damn

Because Pokemon could do way better, the whole point of the games going off the 3ds was supposed to be that they wouldn't be held back by the hardware. No, graphics are not all that matter. But am I wrong for expecting games made by a "AAA" company with infinitely more budget and manpower to look like a finished game? Compared to other games released on the same hardware like breath of the wild, Pokemon games look like tech demo leaks. Maybe they need to go back to 2d sprites? I don't know, but looking at how they never skip a beat taking down a fan game or rom hack tells me they themselves know their games are ass and they need to get rid of any competition.

There's a difference between not needing good graphics and clearly not giving a shit about their graphics for decades at a time.

So were the original games that offered a challenge. Gosh. I wonder why the first three gens are still looked upon as the best versions of the game. It's a mystery.