>>55674634Honestly Colosseum was SO CLOSE to Solving that: the time flute. I get they didn't want players just spamming it to purify everything immediately, but if it's a very old, very special item then it shouldn't be consumable and should probably be rare enough that you can only obtain one. It would've been better as a key item you receive as a reward for finishing the post-game imposter quest/snagging every shadow pokemon so it's both reusable and doesn't discourage using one of the primary mechanics of the game - by time you get it you're just speeding up the process on a few stragglers. Maybe make it so you can go to the relic stone and use it to fully purify a fresh catch OR use it anywhere to just do the final unlocking ceremony without having to stop what you're doing to go to the stone, give it a cool-down of like an hour of in-game time so you can't just spam it. Just remove the part of the cutscene where you're given one, put that in the end with "something something you proved yourself trustworthy enough to have the sacred artifact that can call celebi to you" after all letting you into the forest to visit a stack of stones is one thing but actually taking something so valuable with you is another.
