>>30029338Gen 3 was perfectly fine, too.
I replayed Platinum a few weeks before the game leak, and got slightly annoyed by the cutscenes before the first badge, but SM really puts it in perspective on how merciful Platinum is. I haven't played BW1 in years, but I know BW2 started out horrible with cutscenes but mellowed out eventually, too.
Hopefully kids in Japan will get fed up with this shit in SM too, they're the only ones GF will listen to when making changes.
>>30029374I'm at the third island and can confirm it is nonstop.