As DP and the anime have been out for over half a year now and many of us have watched and beat the games, it appears to me that the DP anime is following the layout of the games more closely then it has in previous seasons.
Indigo seemed to follow the layout of Red/Blue quite well but the anime seemed to waver from Orange League all the way through to the end of the Hoenn League. Battle Frontier seemed to be quite accurate when compared to Pokemon Emerald but that was to be expected.
DP though really seems to be focusing on tying the anime/games closer then they have in many years. Many of the 'filler' episodes seem to be dedicated to characters that are in the game, rather then creating a character of the day.
Cheryl is a great example of this, having just had a mini arc dedicated to this character. In the game, Cheryl joins your group in the Eterna Forest just like it occurred to Satoshi-tachi. The anime actually uses the basic character design from the games and expands the character to fit the storyline for the anime.
Most recently, Hikari's Buoysel refuses to do the moves she commands. In the games, a pokemon that is too powerful (too high a level) will not listen to the trainer and the trainer must beat a certain gym to receive the ability to control that pokemon properly. Now we saw this with Ash in the Indigo league with the Charmander evolution and now that he is the Battle Frontier champion, Charizard obeys him fully. As we saw in the episode (DP35), Goyo was able to control Buizel no problem as he probably has the necessary experience to do so. This is exactly how the game operates.
I'm sure there are other examples from this season that could be discussed or perhaps you believe that it's not following the games more closely then in previous seasons.
Indigo seemed to follow the layout of Red/Blue quite well but the anime seemed to waver from Orange League all the way through to the end of the Hoenn League. Battle Frontier seemed to be quite accurate when compared to Pokemon Emerald but that was to be expected.
DP though really seems to be focusing on tying the anime/games closer then they have in many years. Many of the 'filler' episodes seem to be dedicated to characters that are in the game, rather then creating a character of the day.
Cheryl is a great example of this, having just had a mini arc dedicated to this character. In the game, Cheryl joins your group in the Eterna Forest just like it occurred to Satoshi-tachi. The anime actually uses the basic character design from the games and expands the character to fit the storyline for the anime.
Most recently, Hikari's Buoysel refuses to do the moves she commands. In the games, a pokemon that is too powerful (too high a level) will not listen to the trainer and the trainer must beat a certain gym to receive the ability to control that pokemon properly. Now we saw this with Ash in the Indigo league with the Charmander evolution and now that he is the Battle Frontier champion, Charizard obeys him fully. As we saw in the episode (DP35), Goyo was able to control Buizel no problem as he probably has the necessary experience to do so. This is exactly how the game operates.
I'm sure there are other examples from this season that could be discussed or perhaps you believe that it's not following the games more closely then in previous seasons.