>>33001769Besides obvious Kanto pandering, perhaps it's because it happens immediately after the catching pokemon tutorial, and if a kid unfamiliar with RNG tries it turn 1 and fails immediately afterward, they may think they did something wrong unrelated to RNG and get confused. It's shaky reasoning given that GameFreak wouldn't have confidence in their own tutorial that they've relied on for every game prior, but it's all I've got.
...On the plus side, I saw an XY randomizer run where a dude got a free Reshiram on Route 1 because of this and cleaned house with it, only for it to die and his run to now go to crap because his crutch was gone.
>>33001879Wait what? Snorlax is a static encounter, like the Snorlax in Kanto, any stationary legendary, the Red Gyarados(even though it's also justified by Shiny Clause technically), etc. It shouldn't count toward your first encounter, and as a result, you shouldn't forfeit a Route 7 encounter.
