>>56738171We could argue what any of the maps actually were at that stage of development. Iwao's version lacks Reflection Cave, but this version does. Gen 2 were finalizing what Pokemon were even in the game months before the game had to release. SM didn't have the fucking island trials until the debugging phase. They clearly had an intent for them, otherwise they wouldn't have planned them in the first place and especially would not have saved them for a third version, they didn't include the long ass surf route they planned in DP in Platinum. Unless you consider post-game content to not be of any value, that's your opinion man. I like some post-game stuff, if it's fun. HGSS, Emerald, and Gen 5 are my personal favorites for overall variety (especially BW's post game maps, they're just really nice), and my least favorites are probably Gen 4 Multis and the Battle Maison Triples because they're miserable. Let's just split the difference and say Kalos' post-game would have been awful anyway, if the current post-game is any indication.