>>46027562The routes were probably there for the map to make sense. Everything seems to be very far apart, so much that going on foot is unrealistic (remember that time that your scooter couldn't roll on sand so you HAD to go back).
It would help if every route looked different in the cutscenes, one way or another. Maybe some minigame to let you drive them manually, but I can't imagine anything short of racing or time trials that isn't just too silly. Maybe you could spot some wild pokemon along the route and drive towards it... without running over it let's hope.
The excuse that there are no wild pokemon because it's a desert was always so silly>Colosseums have their own rulesThat's actually a great idea now that there are so many formats.
It's something that the mainline games should do with gyms but we know they refuse to do anything beyond exploiting type advantages and maybe the leader having a tiny gimmick like lowering accuracy or failing at exploiting weather.
