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ViewtifulJoe posted...

I was asking mainly because recently I saw a bunch of people agreeing Gen 6 was where Pokemon fell off.
And yesterday I found out there was a Bowser's Inside Story remake where they just made the graphics look slightly better (But also less endearing imo) and nerfed all the enemies.
Between that and the remakes it started sounding like a catch-up/entry level console for new Nintendo fans.

Oh no, not at all. Pokemon XY didn't even start off that badly and was actually rather ambitious for its time. It also kind of revived the Pokemon series, sales wise at least, as sales had started to dwindle during the DS. ORAS is when the devs admitted that they're prioritizing the "mobile children with low attention spans". My theory is they took the wrong lessons from XY's success (it was very easy but the theory was that a lot was getting saved for the Z version. Most initial duos are lacking in features).
Bowser's Inside Story remake was at the tail end of the 3DS's lifespan and a poor decision by Alphadream throwing all their shots at the wall in order to try to recoup costs from a failed mobile game. A big outlier.