>>47140625>>It doesn't need to have the battle frontierSaid no one ever.
>>It doesn't need to have contestsSaid no one ever, but if they did say this, it'd still be true because honestly, they're a superfluous mini-game.
>>It doesn't need to have the game cornerSaid no one ever.
>>It doesn't matter if the Gym Leaders only have 3 PokemonDespite having two less Pokemon, Drayden is probably a harder fight than Giovanni. Someone should go check because I know Giovanni is easy as piss.
>>It doesn't matter that the Elite 4 only have 4 PokemonThey have one less Pokemon than the Elite 4 in other regions for story mode? Big whoop. Also, the Elite 4 are actually gating you from the conclusion of the story this time around, as opposed to older games where the climax has basically already happened and the E4 challenge doesn't mean nearly as much in the grand scheme of things; it's personal stakes in older games. Take it or leave it. If you never fought them at all, it wouldn't mean anything except that you weren't the Champ. In BW1 it means Team Plasma wins.
>>It doesn't matter that half the region is locked behind the post gameIt doesn't.
>>It doesn't matter that your rivals interrupt you all the timeSaid no one ever. Cheren and Bianca are just way more endearing than Hau, Lillie, Shauna, Tierno, and whatever that other kid's name is. So people don't complain about it as often, but it IS complained about.
>>It doesn't need to have secret basesIt doesn't.
>>It doesn't matter that the region isn't cohesively put togetherIt is.
>>It doesn't matter that you can't catch non-new pokemon before the post gameHoenn did almost the exact same thing, with most old Pokemon being a handful of Kanto commons and the rare stuff being in the Safari Zone.
>All that baitIt doesn't
>It doesn't matter that the game is completely linear.It doesn't.
