>>54106805>No random encountersOf all things to dislike, you chose the best improvement.
>Boxes accessable from anywhereYou can always just not use it outside of centers if you hate QoL.
>Butchered storyKanto's sorry excuse for a story has always been utter dog shit, but at least LGPE salvages it a bit with soulful cutscenes.
>Overpowered unevolvable starters with overpowered new movesWhich again, you're not forced to use.
For negatives I'd add
>no games in Game Corner>assholed learnsets