Most people would agree art direction is far more important, which is where cartoon styles generally shine and age extremely well compared to their more hyper-r

Most people would agree art direction is far more important, which is where cartoon styles generally shine and age extremely well compared to their more hyper-realistic siblings. In GP's case however, it's been pretty consistent how low effort Game Freak has gone with their in-house Pokemon games. The series practically prints money and the hardware has shown us what is possible. Even the new Kirby game looks stunning, and Kirby is one of the less big budget series.