I don't care about graphics

you are absolutely 100% undeniably correct. Its about whether we enjoyed playing it and made memories, not the quality of the graphics.

I honestly don't understand why people only care about the graphics lol

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Honestly I think all of the Pokémon games are all the same, you get a starter Pokémon and you encounter some bad guys and grind until you're level 70, and then competing in a tournament and winning and that's it