Been clean since Sun/Moon.

I was disappointed with X/Y and gave them one last chance to change course.

The disappointing dungeons of X/Y had been replaced by nothing by straight lines with occasional fancy camera angles. The utter disgrace that was Z Cave as a super (only) dungeon was more than anything Sun/Moon offered.

For a game series meant to be about exploring and discovering monsters to collect, they’ve really let the exploration/discovery side down. Holding my console upside down is cool and all that, but gimmicks to sell strategy guides are no subsidy for actual explorable environments to lead to dynamic, emergent gameplay experiences.

Really want to make my take on a monster capture world explorer. I think there’s a lot of space for a spiritual successor to Pokémon.