>>57070070>Doesn't want every pokemon available without hacking or tradingI don't need everything available when I have FRLG + RS + Colosseum. Who cares? Not an argument.
>Likes fighting 50 poochyena in a rowYou don't, this isn't Gen 2.
>Only wants refightable Steven, nobody else could be a fun refightSteven is the only major character other than May/Brendan and the team leaders not rematchable in Emerald. Your rival's team stank, regardless of whether they were all FE. Maybe Maxie/Archie would be cool, but it doesn't make sense for them to pop back up 5 minutes after they leave for soul-searching.
>Wants 1/6th of his team to be a dead weight HM SlaveThey're not. Most HMs other than Surf, Rock Smash and Strength don't matter too much outside of side exploration, so it's very easy to swap between a HM slave for the shit moves and a 6th team member.
Anyway, you forgot to bring up visual day/night cycle to me, so your counterpoints are flawed.
