>>54703743>but it’s okay to treat these same pixel monsters as easily replaceable disposable trash thoTheir own game design with EVs, natures, and IVs already heavily incentivises this. Loving and trusting your pokemon who helped bring you through the entire game and become champion is objectively harmful to your effectiveness as a pokemon trainer. Every good player treats their pokemon as worthless expendable tools they either selectively breed through eugenics to be exactly what they needed or created through artificial means and will be discarded without a second thought should a more desirable option arise. The lessons you're taught throughout the game are not only useless, but directly counter to what you should be doing to succeed and get better at the game.
