>>29880155Guise hear me out, guise wait don't lea--ok here goes--
Pokemon should take a page from Dragon Quest Monsters book. I recently played the remake of the GBC one for 3DS and some of the mechanics were great. At lower levels, there were "foreign" Monster tamers who you'd encounter who had uber monsters that were clearly unbeatable. I think this was to remind the player that they were never truly as strong as they thought they were. Eventually, when you put in the work though, you'd start to be just as strong as those foreign tamers and have the ability to tame their monsters. Maybe have a trainer on each route that you can battle optionally who has a strong team and when they are beaten they give you a rare item or Pokemon.
Also if gyms come back, you can have hidden gyms that are unlocked once you complete certain requirments (kind of like hidden gates in DQM). These gyms would be harder but the prize would be rare TMs.
