I know I'm sucking off Johto really hard but this has gotta be the best first route in the series.
>can get from cherrygrove to new bark without stepping in tall grass, making backtracking easy, but not vice versa, so you will still encounter pokemon the first time around>extra encounters to the northJust wonderful all around.
>>58585147They were well-mapped but held back by poor art direction IMO, just like a lot of Galar. The Falinks encounter was memorable though