>>44852030and when given the opportunity to do something about it they left the game as-is like nothing was fucking wrong. kanto had a fair bit of non-linearity, brock, misty and giovanni were just about the only gym leaders you absolutely had to fight in order, so this wasn't a new problem or an experiment. they made a massive fuck-up that permeates the entire game but everyone dickrides johto so hard because muh nostalgia that they figured they didn't have to bother improving when hgss came around and made even bigger, even more embarrassing mistakes. oh good the misdreavus line finally made it onto morty's team after 10 years, i can't wait to see what they- oh.
