>>27378960They really made johto as a companion to kanto. The 8 new gyms are all based on types kanto didn't do. Though the 8 gyms plus elite 4 in kanto covered 12 types. The franchise just got to big. The anime, the other games, the toys, just everything. I would have much preferred games being more connected. I think they like squash rumors though. Routes being 101, or 201 and so on to not give hope to visiting past areas, no past characters and so on.
I just would have loved to have seen elite four stayed sort of....elite? I get that it's a different part of the world, but still people can shift. why not shift around elite 4? What if in gen 3 Agatha was there? Everyone thought she died, what if she just became an elite 4 somewhere else? What if next game has Will and Karen, but Koga and Bruno have left. Bruno could come back in gen 5, Koga in gen 6? Maybe Karen becomes a gym leader? (loldarkgym) I just found NPCs so utterly disposable. Just ideas. It's too late really.
I get the games are about the pokemon, but man does the fact this series was made by an autistic person really stick out when the people don't matter. People can get emotionally connected to fake people just like they can fake monsters.
