>>43732101>Players have been asking for Key Items to replace HMs since Gen 3 at least, and that's just one way to go about solving the problem. Forcing the player to use one of their Pokemon's four move slots on an often-useless HM is a retarded ideaHere's a page from a 90s Nintendo Power where the magazine mocks a kid who was stuck with Cut on his Venusaur since this predated Move Deleters
