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Difference is N was actually sorta challenging and the game pretty much acknowledged that, even though he was a dangerous rival with a legendary to top it off, he was pretty much just Ghetsis' pawn. He's an idiot, but a fully manipulated idiot who actually changes his ways after you bat him.
Meanwhile, Hop literally has to be fucking everywhere.Walk five steps and he'll be next to you. Walk another, and he'll want a battle. And while you feel so disconnected from the actual plot because the ones doing it are the actual adults, you have to fight this little shit. It's like if N wasn't actually related to Plasma and never used one of the Tao Trio until the postgame, and also got rid of your more likable rivals. It's annoying.