>>36499373>Unova IS a linear path and denying this is retarded.Yes, and I never denied it, in fact, I even acknowledged it multiple times here
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>>36499237 I literally say "Unova is linear". In no way I'm denying it.
In the line you're quoting, I was just explaining that linearity and exploration are, again, 2 separate concepts.
>you're making a mountain out of a molehillNo, I'm saying literally what it is: the first time a ROUTE 1 opens up towards OPTIONAL areas.
Let's analyze what you say it was the same in previous regions.
>PalettTown, not the Route 01 (to which connects and it's a short straight path). And route 21 is just the backtracking path that players are naturally expected to take as they keep traveling in a line. It just loops back to Palett for the last gym in Viridian, nothing to do with exploration of optional content.
>route 103Again, not the first route of Hoenn, which is only a short straight path. And again, route 103 has nothing about exploration either, its surf patch is only a backtracking tool between routes.
>New fucking Bark townAgain, not the first route of Johto (which does connect with the last 2 routes of Johto in a similar fashion to Kanto to loop back and ease the backtracking). And you're obligated to go to the Tohjo falls, so again, it's not an optional content that you can ignore or detour to explore at will.
What you have offered has nothing to do with exploration, but backtracking routes that the player is expected to go through (and in one case the obligatory path).
>Already proven wrongNot really.
>stop saying "I didn't claim this"But I did literally not claim what you say I claimed. Stop trying to put words in other people's mouths.
>I mentioned Old Chateau laterWhat's the problem? I did mention it here
>>36498785, and again, as a good moment of exploration in Sinnoh. It's literally fact that I mentioned it.
