it's a stylistic choice, not a performance one. This post is as if you're going to an art musem, complaining about cubism art when you like impressionalism. Effort is still needed to make good pixel art, especially because of the smaller resolutions.
As others said, just don't play pixel games. There are literally thousands of games out there that use a different art style
hell yeah I've been playing some animal crossing too! I'm mostly playing the hotel and resort dlc because I love designing the interiors of the game, but inbetween them I've been trying to tidy up the monster that is my flower fields