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Pokémon was made to be played between people. Of course if the PvP is flawed it's going to be a valid argument.
It's not all it has but it's a very important feature.
Of course I'm conflicted because I don't think it's valid to criticize early competitive because Pokémon was designed as an RPG and the RPG elements that were in Pokémon are ludicrous in PvP. Waking up costing a turn, freeze being a death sentence, speed determining critical chance, Hyper Beam...
Balance definitely wasn't in mind. So whether or not it is a valid point is up for debate.