I talked about that before, they said its gonna be BOTW tier.
I cant believe that. However, it depends on exactly what that means. In a sense, perhaps LGP is to ALBW as Gen 8 is to BotW.
To be BotW-ized, I imagine a 3D controllable camera. A large, expansive overworld that is built to scale. A return to some of the root philosophies of the original game. More freedom given to the player. Much better cut scene work and overall AI improvement. The game given the overall production and budget of a AAA HD RPG in one of the best selling videogame series of all time. Those would be my major takeaways for it to be BotW-ized.
While I dont trust Game Freak that much, I'm still so hyped for this year's game. If the project is that ambitious, I wouldnt be surprised if Nintendo helped GF on this, considering they were developing Let's Go and Town at the same time as Gen 8.
By the way, really appreciate you spend some of your time posting here, we are very desperate sometimes :p
I've been saying this for awhile but I really hope Monolith assists Gamefreak with development. Monolith is rapidly expanding and after the completion of BotW, Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 among other smaller projects. They likely had a lot of art, engine and graphics designers free to help Gamefreak.
I'd be all for that in the future, if it works out. That way Gamefreak also has more available staff to work on experimental side games such as Town and other Pokemon experiences such as LGP/E.