>>31648775Because without cutscenes, you don't see the character develop. If you don't see it, it might as well had not happened.
Take Cheren, for example. His development is clear. You see him be a serious battler, then he meets Alder and which puts his development in motion. Every time you meet him afterwards, he is, in some way or another, struggling to get past the wall Alder raised. His dialogue reflect that pretty clearly. All of the things that happen and all of it makes sense. He encounters more things, from which he learns and slowly overcomes the wall Alder raised, finishing his character arc.
Now see another character /vp/ likes to praise for "development", Silver. He starts out a dick, and hates everything weak. Then, somewhere along the line, he supposedly encounters Lance and loses, and Lance apparently says Silver's Pokemon doesn't love or trust him. Now, since you rarely ever see Silver due to the lack of cutscenes, each time you meet him, he has to explicitly TELL you how he's changed or how he's trying to become stronger. Somewhere along the line, he finishes his character arc and is now more friendly with his Pokemon. He's different from what he started, but we don't see how he develops, so it might as be just be a new character. It doesn't matter. You don't see how he changes, just get a changelog periodically.
>>31648786Because Pokemon characters don't matter. You care more about gameplay than the characters.
>>31648837See above.
Being different != good development
If that was all it took, no one would care about development.
