People made their entire personality on hating Pokemon SWSH that some ar actually praising the Mobile looking remakes and shitting on the Legends: Arceus game. Internet outrage really rots your brain.
SwSh were ok, 6/10 on the base game. 8/10 on the post launch support.
Very transitional games, and as the Legends game shows they really are going more in depth with the new elements.
You can catch pokemon wihout initiating combat if you sneak behind them, Combat takes place seamlessly in the overworld, so it no longer teleports you into "battle dimensions", player character has special moves which imply Pokemon encounters are more dynamic, specially if we take leaked information into account that indicates that the player character can actually be attacked by wild Pokemon.
Two things games have been doing forever to the point this is nothing special or worth getting excited about. Certainly couldn't be called "in depth" either
None of those games are about catching Pokemon which is what makes those elements an evolution of the core elements of the franchise. Any game is better automatically if you can catch and train monsters for competitve battles.
I'm not gonna call something an innovation when its been getting done for like 14 years and is almost standard at this point. Thats next level mental gymnastics.