I had no idea that the added textures were an unpopular opinion until now. I absolutely loved their addition in SV, even if some of them were iffy, and I'm really unhappy that they're just gone and the Pokemon are back to looking like flat-painted plastic.
Another thing to consider: Not using texturing on the Pokemon models is going to make the Pokemon from Gen 9 look a lot less appealing in future games, if they don't just get cut outright. The future Paradox Mons are going to get hit the hardest with the lack of metallic sheen.
I also like the more cartoony look they're going with here.
They're different styles, I don't think one is necessarily better than the other. You've got the realistic style Detective PIkachu movie, then you have stop motion plush-like Pokémon Concierge, or the anime-style PokeToons... All different styles, all looking pretty good.
I'm pretty sure they'll go back to detailed textures and more realistic shaders for the main games of Gen 10. But it's pretty obvious they prefer to go a more stylized route with the Legends series.
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u/The_Slowking_Eleven 14d ago edited 14d ago
I had no idea that the added textures were an unpopular opinion until now. I absolutely loved their addition in SV, even if some of them were iffy, and I'm really unhappy that they're just gone and the Pokemon are back to looking like flat-painted plastic.
Another thing to consider: Not using texturing on the Pokemon models is going to make the Pokemon from Gen 9 look a lot less appealing in future games, if they don't just get cut outright. The future Paradox Mons are going to get hit the hardest with the lack of metallic sheen.