User blog comment:Feather the Everywing/my view on pokemon/@comment-31964359-20170514065831

Yes, the current style of Pokemon has flaws but the old style is not free of it either. Actually, I find the Pokemon anime to be full of flaws. In what world do we find a 10-year old boy travelling through the world alone? Pokemon are supposed to be much, much stronger than humans, right? But we always see a "certain human" shrugging of powerful Pokemon attacks like Flamethrower and Thunderbolt like it was nothing.

The Pokemon Company doesn't need to look into the past, but learn from the past. And they are just doing so. Alola region brings a refreshing change. Instead of the same old Gym Badge hunting, there is a Pokemon Academy and Island Trial. This makes Pokemon much better.