>>17792035I'll admit, one thing that did impress me with BW was that defeating the bad guys was ACTUALLY the point where the game ended for once, and the Pokemon league became post-game content.
>My face when in XY, the story once again comes to its climax and you get your box legend after obtaining the 7th gym badgeWhy do they even do that? Leaving a single gym badge for last after you went and kicked some evil corporation's ass seems so disproportionate and jarring plot-wise.
But that said, I've found myself losing more and more patience for Pokemon plot over the years. I just mash B through fucking everything now, because I'd rather play the game than be told a lame story. And the posse of friends thing they started in Gen V needlessly slows progress even further, and none of them have EVER been likable or useful to the plot. Just look at the way Trevor, Tierno, and Shauna are brainlessly shoehorned into the climax of XY and are given equal hero treatment to Calem and Serena.
But this is a rant for another thread. I seem to have gotten a bit off-topic.