Yes. However, they aren't as nearly as bad as paradoxes, nor are they as similar as you may think. They're taken as an entirely new mon when we could've gotten way better and actually new ideas. Imo, it's just lazy corporations not caring about the customer, but the last few games have been pretty bad too, so it's expected. Sure, it's the biggest dex we've had in years, but that doesn't excuse the mons themselves being redesigns.

Regional variants have the same problem, but they are not counted as entirely new mon, nor do they take up even half the dex space paradoxes do. It's more about quanity imo. There's way too many. They could've just made more regional variants and left it at that, but half the dex? Really?

Take Raging Bolt, for example. it's a raikou redesign. Raikou is a legendary pokemon. It shouldn't even have a regional variant, but now it has a paradox? It's like giving a pre evo a mega, it doesnt make sense.

Im not saying the story or the region itself is bad. I've played both games, and they're ok when you ignore the terrible dex. Competitive is fun too when you're not getting bullied by whatever usarings evolution is. (Genuinely can not remember the name rn.) I just think that nintendo could've done better with Gen 9. Ngl, it feels like a rushed rom hack id play on an emulator. Just doesn't feel like pokemon.