>>36738019>My whole fucking point about Mossdeep situation is that these battles are not comparableYou're right, they're not. Because one battle is in postgame when opponents have more than 3 pokemon on their team.
>Breeding/catching mechanics are adequate replacements for sidequests that don't involve competitiveI don't give a fuck about what moves or nature my pokemon has so the only good thing to come out of the Dexnav was using as a pokeradar to catch postgame mons
>BuzznavNew communication mechanics aren't a good trade for sidequests
>flying around my mom's baking soda volcanoOnly good thing was music and while it was comfy it probably only took ~2 days to make. Still not a good trade off for cut content
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>implying the only thing removed was the game corner------
>It is a valid counterargument to the "they are the same" argumentWell I'm not the original anon so I'll give you this one. I took as a complaint that mirage spots are essentially a forced grass/cave and exotic pokemon in the middle of the ocean which is in itself a really lazy way of adding new pokemon but I guess I overestimated your intelligence to not taking things literally