>>47166635>Every trainer worth their salt uses 5 to 6 pokemon>Ash has at least 6 pokemon at the end of every season/generation>There are 6 slots in your parties and NPCs telling you to catch more than one pokemon for type advantages, more friends, etc. (Barry already starts comparing with you the same route you can start catching Pokemon)>Your initial quest was to fill the Pokedex, only doable by catching pokemon>the fucking motto at the time is Gotta Catch Em AllThe franchise is doing all but having Tajiri himself come to your house and forcing you to catch five Starlys.
Regardless, you would cry about the game being handholding and you're already crying about a children's game being easy, which is funny considering this was the game that made them have to dumb it down EVEN more thanks to Mt. Coronet being too hard.
