>>18531304I sure do love being forced to have 3 water-type HMs just to get through the game. Let's bring back Whirlpool, too!
BW2 did it right. The only HMs that are required to get through the game are Strength, Surf and Waterfall, and they only make you use Waterfall to get through Victory Road. Every other use of HMs is voluntary exploration, so you can do it at your own pace with HM slaves.
If they up the BP on Strength to 90, that'd seal the deal for me.