I mean I’m not well versed on the Switch or Nintendo because I don’t care about them. But I can’t think of a Switch game that has blown me away on a technical, graphical, or presentation level. Yeah Astral Chain looked good and had some well directed cutscenes and pretty great production values. But I still wasn’t expecting amazingly done cutscenes, tons of voice acting, sleek ass ui, large scaled and detailed world, and extreme polish on the level of a AAA Sony title. I don’t think that’s what they even want to make.
I also don’t care about the Pokédex issue. I buy that modeling and balancing for 100s of Pokémon in a HD game would be a large amount of work. I’m also someone who through Red, Yellow, Silver, Gold, and Ruby never brought over thier Pokémon. Always started over and was really only intersted in the new ones anyway. Also I’ve never attempted to capture them all. I just get what looks cool and works for me and focus on that.
Anyway I’ve only liked these games because of the sense of adventure. If this one can do that I’d be happy.