So this is literally a non-issue then. You're complaining about a game that acts as a third version to the base pair of Alola games. I mean, what did you think Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon was going to do, I mean I take it that you didn't like Crystal, Emerald and Platinum either since they also fit into this same category and even Black/White 2 only increased the map by maybe 5%. You are going out of your way to complain about a game that by it's very nature is an updated version of games that have already been released.
5%? That is a vast underestimation. More like 30%. Regardless of how you want to frame it though, it's still a hell of a lot better than the 1% we have now.
And as for liking Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum, again it comes back to changing gameplay philosophies. Just because you liked something when it came out does not mean it's still a good idea now. For instance, go back and play RBY now after experiencing more modern games and see if you still like it. More than likely, you won't. Beyond just the graphics, there's a lot of things about the game that are just so outdated, the map design is so short, flat, and simplistic, the environments are really generic, the plot is virtually non-existent, and there's virtually nothing to do after beating the game except complete the Dex (and hell, even
FRLG didn't fix all of those issues). Even though you might have liked the game back in the 90's, the series has progressed so much over the years that coming back to something like this just wouldn't satisfy a lot of people anymore. This is what people mean when they say a particular game hasn't "aged" well, there's something about what it did originally that just doesn't have the same appeal now as it did when the game originally came out. It's the same with third versions, the fanbase was fine with it back when they first did it, but after BW2 which was a much, much larger improvement over the original BW than Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum were for those respective regions the concept of third versions simply feels outdated now.
You've said you know they probably wouldn't have put Stars on the Switch (or anything from Gen VII on the Switch) so there's no point in arguing about what could have been in that department and yet still you think that US/UM would be different, that they would what, give you a new region to explore (or an older one in newer graphics)? That they would increase the map by 5% like they did for Unova? You are actually coming off like an old man yelling at the clouds, you are angry at a game for being exactly what it was meant to be, at least from a map design standpoint.
There is a large difference between expecting a third version to be on new hardware and expecting it to not be a copy/paste. Third versions are not going to be the kind of game to sell you on new hardware since they're built around the limitations of the old hardware and there's not much they can do to push past that. New generations are by far the best opportunity for that because they can be designed from the ground up around the new hardware and easily show what it can do that the previous hardware could not. So in that respect yes, I never expected that to happen.
That being said though, that doesn't mean they can't do anything to improve. BW2 shows there's a lot you can do with an existing region even on old hardware, it's a matter of creativity and willingness to change. This game however, shows that they are refusing to change that much and are in fact regressing in that regard from BW2.
The fact that they've said US/UM is going to be a re-telling of the Sun/Moon plot but with some differences probably means that plot is probably their focus and not drastically changing the map. I mean this is insane troll logic, if you didn't like Sun/Moon for it's map design, you were only fooling yourself if you thought US/UM was going to change it up which again brings me back to a question I asked in the last reply which you never answered, why are you even on this thread, why do you care so much about telling people how much this game disappoints you if you don't plan on playing it or at the very least, don't plan on enjoying it.
It is astounding how you continue to fail to understand the point of different people liking different things. They can't just change up the plot and expect everyone to go gaga over it. Not everyone likes the series for its plot. Just because you do and you can accept the same game with a slightly different story doesn't mean other people will, and you cannot force them to no matter how you try because they have different tastes in games and like different aspects of the game. Posing this as a matter of plot vs. region design is the wrong way to look at this, they really need both to appeal to different groups of fans that like one or the other and there's no reason why they can't. There's nothing insane about this.
Why are you so intent on making sure everyone knows that you disapprove of these games? You've made your point numerous times, why keep beating it over the head?
Because for all of the times I've said it people still don't seem to get the issue and keep trying to preach open-mindedness about the game when the core premise of this game flat out does not appeal to people. If you still like the game, then good for you. But don't try to force other people to like something they don't.