>>56538266This but also the fact they stockpiled the early game not just with the boring shit, but also tons of Pokemon that are just facsimiles to Kantomons. Even if they don't end up doing the same thing it doesn't feel like a brand new adventure when you have shit like generic bird, generic gopher rat creature, jellyfish and bats swarming every fucking route regardless. All of Unova's best Pokemon were the ones that were wholly unique up to that point in the series like so
>>56538016 while Unova fumbles MASSIVELY on the commons, which is why they're so divisive as games and people tend to dislike them
Also introduced some of the most cancerous legendaries in the series. They definitely didn't need like 14 fucking legendary Pokemon when Kanto only had 5
