>>28893321The problem is, you make it out to be some kind of golden feature that's indicative of Platinum.
I hardly remember it as anything but a winded, albeit, cool maze that led to Giratina.
But besides the navigation, there's nothing to make it stand out aside from the graphics. No wild Pokemon (which is unfortunate, but makes sense in lore), and all.
Also, you say XY had no post game even though it had the Gym Leader Rematches in the Chateau? Oh and the Chatelaines.
Honestly, besides fixing the entirety of Vanilla DP, what did Platinum add?
Distortion World, catchable Regis aside from the trio master, gym leader rematches, and the Battle Frontier.
Emerald has about the same amount of content, if not maybe a little more, and that's probably because sprites are easier to work with instead of a 3D Engine.
It took them 5 games to get pseudo 3D to function fast with BW. Gen IV's a bit sluggish, which is a shame, since Sinnoh is a very neat region, but very tedious to go around in.