The only true "slight" is being cut for the Johto remakes. She made it into anime unlike the Unova, Alola, and Galar girls, and it is not as if every other player character is routinely referenced again.
>>42192388I used to ask this question ("It took you, counting Japanese Blue, SIX games to added a girl player?") until I got wind of how messy Gold and Silver's development was. Then I just ceded Game Freak being Game Freak.
>>42192714Dawn was enough of a shift that I'd buy it being a direction change.
