>Wait, I have to evolve these new Pokemon by trading with rare items and using them up? But how do I get more than one of the item?>Why do I have to wait until the end of the game for ONE of each evolution stone, when I could buy them at the halfway point in the first game? This makes stone-evolved Pokemon a giant pain to use!>Speaking of, why do I need to level up my Growlithe to the high 40's to get Flamethrower? Why can't stone evolutions just learn these things?>So Stadium can scale AI Pokemon's levels in the Gym Leader Castle, but can't scale MY Pokemon's levels for Prime Cup?Game Freak really has been bumbling from the very start. Those are all balance concerns, but they don't outweigh the inconvenience.
>>44887355>Treecko wants to learn Mega Drain!>"I haven't even reached Rustboro City yet!"That's when it hit me. Taking a game that was already a cake walk at least 4/5 of the time depending on your team comp, and then stacking 12 years of power creep that only benefits YOU until the Elite 4 on top, and you reach another level of easy, sans a full shitmon run.
