>>31033459>There's no way to keep track of it without the national dex.You know what? I'll give you that, and that alone makes me ultimately in favor of it. But something about SM's approach just felt so much more enjoyable to me, partially for unrelated design reasons, but also partially because it felt like a much more reasonable, attainable goal, and I think
>>31031649 has a decent point.
>It's one of the core parts of gameplay for the franchise.So is battling, breeding, and a whole bunch of other things, and de-emphasizing the national dex doesn't change much of it.
I'm just tired of these frequent complains of "casualization" of the series as if tedium and busywork is what it's all about, it's not a challenging task, it's just a long one, and it seems like GF is beginning to recognize it.