It's interesting. I was all doom and gloom at first, but then I showed the trailer to my gf and she really seemed to like it. She's a "casual" gamer and isn't interested in the core games. So now I'm looking forward to some co-op action with her. I think it's totally fine to have these more approachable game series from now on, as long as the main series keeps its core userbase in mind.If we didn't know Gen 8 was coming next year, I'd probably be jumping in with the doom & gloom. However, seeing as how my nephew struggled to get into Gen 6/7 (to the point I wrote this for NintendoLife http://www.nintendolife.com/news/20...kemon_main_series_could_learn_from_each_other, even suggested catching Pokémon like in GO, though I wanted wild battles still), I see it as a necessary evil to increase the userbase as even though people bash Game Freak for having such a view, kids do have lower attention spans and even some lower capabilities than when we were young.
As long as the casualisation doesn't invade the core core series and remains in the Let's Go core series, I'm happy.