>>36647958They pushed it to after you deliver Oak's Parcel instead.
And since you apparently receive about 50 fucking Poke Balls as soon as you're sent out, you can straight up stroll back with your starter, an Oddish and some birds and rats caught for EXP and completely crush Trace, who only has a Level 6 Eevee/Pikachu and nothing else.
The Route 22 encounter is no better either, with a Level 3 Pidgey and Level 7 Eevee/Pikachu compared to Blue's Level 9 Pidgey/Spearow and Level 8 Starter.
