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God damn it, /vp/.
On one side we have a bunch of edgy manchildren who think pokémon games should be like Special with shit getting sliced in half and over the top gore fetishism. On the other we have manchildren who think it's okay for the games to be overly easy and patronizing because apparently children are too dumb and have attention spans too short to play something challenging.
Yeah, Blue was a dick and that's what made us want to overcome him even more. Still, he offered good chunks of advice and gave you items because he was a RIVAL. Not an enemy. He just happened to be a dick and wanted to be better than you in every sense. The same could be said about Barry, although he was much friendlier. Silver was a whiny faggot who deserved every single time we kicked his ass. RSE May/Brendan were your neighbors and pretty much your only friend, but still offered a nice challenge at times. Not sure if Wally counts but him being a pushover and then kicking your ass at the end of Victory Road was nice aswell.
Everything from BW onwards is just overly friendly not even real preppy excited faggots who do nothing but stop you on your tracks to get miserably beaten up and spout a bunch of irrelevant text. It's not fun! Gym leaders being locked at 3 pokémon is not fun. NOT BEING CHALLENGED IS NOT FUN.