>>41083056>If something is rare, that just makes me want it more. There is no fun in the hunt if the hunt is easy, and a prize isn't a prize if it's simply given to you.I agree with the sentiment, but I just don't think that the series' execution of it is reasonable a lot of the time, the Munchlax example is a big one, if it was a 100% chance on specific trees every day, and the game had an NPC that vaguely hinted at which trees could be the ones, then I would be ok with it, but we're talking about a 1% chance on trees that could be any of a whole region, for a Pokemon that isn't even that gamebreaking, you can get a fucking Gible right after finishing up Eterna without much problem just by going under the cycling road, which I personally think is a good example of using the exploration aspect. The Regi braille puzzle is another good example too, I just completely reject obscene RNG like Feebas, Munchlax and the headbutt tree mess as good examples of a way of making a Pokemon more exciting to find.
>>41083195I'm not saying you can't find it
naturally, just that I don't really believe most people just trying to do a standard playthrough would bother going through the puzzle just for Natu or 2 gimmicky Pokemon like Smeargle and Unown.