>>44575783That is the way you view that because you like competitive, yeah, all of those things are good and important features, but just for competitive alone, if you play the game just for exploring the region and clear the story, then like half of those things you posted don´t matter at all.
"once you've played one Pokemon game, you've played them all"
This is an statement that not competitive player says, and the majority of Pokémon players aren´t into competitive.
