Yeah. Nintendo had gotten more up tight about making people play their games the way they picture them being played. I think the intro to Violet really encapsulates that mentality, what with the settings option to skip cutscenes that doesn't actually skip cutscenes and arbitrarily locking your ability to run until your halfway down the trail to Nemona's house.
Also, it's hard for me to get excited about Legends AZ, since it looks like a lot of its going to be a step back from Arceus and Nintendo's forays into patent trolling make the entire thing more off-putting.