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Anything at all to break from this formula:
>wake up at your house
>meet your super special group of friends
>pick your choice of Fire, Water and Grass starters
>merrily skip with your friends to the first town, which won't sell Pokeballs until, in a sidequest, you eventually get your Pokedex
>make your way to the first gym, meeting someone who is obviously the evil Team ____ leader on the way
>and then meet someone that is obviously the Champion
>around the second gym, get introduced to some bullshit side game where you make your Pokemon tap dance or work as prostitutes or something
>OH NO A CAVE FULL OF ZUBAT
>meet the creator of the PC Storage System
>enter a giant city that you're guaranteed to get lost in due to the awkward layout and camera
>fight the oh-so-wacky grunts of Team _____, who may or may not be aware that their leader wants to destroy the world and remake it in their image
>become too busy becoming da best that you can't be bothered to enter the evil team's hideout until just before the 8th gym
>kick his ass with the help of your weak-ass friends, feel a vague sense of anticlimax, beat the last Gym leader
>Victory Road time. Time to push some motherfucking blocks.
>beat the underwhelming Elite 4 and Champion so you can finally grind your way to a competitive team in the post-game
