I enjoyed Colosseum/XD more than Sword and Shield and that makes me bummed. I won't lie and say it's visually better, but at least the campaigns seemed finished and it properly scaled Pokemon size in battles.
I agree with you and I wish they'd give Genius Sonority the chance to develop a main series game instead of having them do shitty for money grabs like they're doing now. Those dev put so much heart and detail into their pokemons' animations. The story was also very refreshing. Of course the graphics are very dated, but the game is still fun.
TPC needs to stop pushing Gamefreak so hard to deliver a new game almost every year. You can tell the games after Gen 5 are rushed and half assed. Give your people fucking time to see their ideas through and create a good, complete game. But pokemon is about selling merch so they won't.
I gotta see if I can find the box. I'm planning on transferring these pokes to Pokémon Home, they're the oldest pokemon I have. I might as well bring Jirachi too.