>>39125480>The difference is that Pokemon have always been a linear 2D game.That's how Zelda and Dragon Quest started too.
Then they evolved (like Pokemon is meekly trying to).
>It is what fits the best for the game of a pokemon trainer in a journey through the region.Absolutly not, utter brainlet
It's a fucking RPG about traveling across the world to catch and train creatures that live in the wilderness
Very few games have a concept that would fit the open world format better than that.
