>>48087875>This isn't "nonlinear" so much as it is "not walking into a building at certain points on a linear journey and then coming back later".The game never tells you to go to Erika's gym. You actually don't even have to beat Surge's gym immediately after getting Cut before moving on to the next area. The game never tells you that you're supposed to get Flash in order to make it through Rock Tunnel either. Trying to claim that RBY are linear because
>"well if you already know what you're supposed to do in every area then obviously you should just do it in a linear order without skipping anything"is an argument in bad faith, since the game was clearly designed as a world for kids to explore and make their own choices. Kids playing for the first time wouldn't know all the pathways, locations, and plot elements beforehand. The only times there are NPCs directing your movement are at the very beginning of the game to make sure you know basic things like how to catch a Pokemon or what a gym is.
