>>36913465come on now the level design is weaker but that's about it, everything else you said is subjective
the focus of the story is more about lillie's family instead of your kiddy ass, so what?
there was clear development for every characters, just because one doesn't directly battle and drive the story doesn't mean it's a bad thing, you just don't like it or likely have adhd
and what the fuck does that mean nothing happens in the first two islands? stop spouting bullshit outta ya fuckin ass this ain't an argument
the intensity of the story itself was always a bit a low at the start of every games and that's normal, if it's what's you're implying
the villains weren't "jokes", sorry that they're just thugs, outcast of the society trying to find their place instead of the usual terrorists, they were fun and quite relatable
and imo totems giving us finally actual wild pokemon bosses add to the "adventure feeling" despite the weak level design