>>44760794>Having to put effort into a game and engaging with it to access new content is good designThere's no effort in running around in a patch of grass hoping you enoucnter a rare pokemon with a 5% encounter rate. Finding the Regies in RSE has you put the effort.
>No Pokemon game has a level curve, it comes with the territory for this franchiseHere's an example of a game with a better level curve than Gen 2 pokemon.
>You say this in a game with infinitely buyable elemental punches...That's cool, but why can't my bro Heracross learn Cross Chop or Submission?
>A necessary compromise for the game to work on the GB, and it's still more post-game than most of the games haveQuantity over quality, you're still gonna be fighting shitters instead of good trainers till Red.
>Only an issue if you play competitively which is a different can of wormsIt's an issue when you realize how many Johtomons get fucked over by it since their types don't match the stats like poor Sneasel.