Yeah they're not completely fleshed out, but in some ways it does add more to them. You actually get to see Looker with the Kanto police conducting a police raid. You get to see the Elite Four converse with each other for a bit before the next challenger arrives. You get to see, from Eugine's own perspective, why the creation of the Legendary Beasts means so much to him. You see the Rocket Hideout raid from Lance's perspective, showing in more subtle ways his strength as a trainer through how he commands his Dragonite, while also seeing how Rocket Grunts act in general.
So much of that isn't shown in the games due to it not being from the player's perspective, and not shown in the anime either because it doesn't involve Ash/is too dark or not sanitized enough/the characters involved don't exist there, and that's what makes Generations interesting. I can get battles elsewhere. But where else can I get a Pokémon police raid or an animated version of Giovanni's betrayal of Silver?
IMO, those few seconds of their dialogue is hardly worth skipping the fights in which screen time is very scarce in these 3-6 minute videos.
Agatha: "I understand your impatience... It has been quite a while since any trainer has collected eight gym badges."
Lorelei: "I'm sorry, but you won't be seeing him. I'll freeze him right into place."
Bruno: -cracks knuckles- -grunts-
Lance: "Well then. Let us prepare! And I look especially look forward to seeing how
good he really is."
Like, all they really go on about is how they're gonna fight him, they build up the fight with that intro and we just get practically one shots. I don't feel it is worth building up any fight if there's no actual depth to them. Yeah, the game has the fights, but we don't get to see how they go down storywise since that's the gameplay aspect. Pokemon battles are a huge part of the world, they deserve spotlight, and the characters themselves need more time to flesh themselves outside the game.
It is why I don't see this as "This is what the anime should've been..." cause, it really is kinda low tier for the most part IMO. Having a anime based on the story of the games is a great idea, but not in a low budget short that hypes several aspects but we don't get to see the real hardships here. The character progression, their struggle, the quirks of each character. There may be some pieces here and there which I think are neat, but nothing enough for me to where it is enough to satisfy me personally.
That's just my take on it, not saying other people can't it enjoy it, however.
