>>36602138Well for starters, in HGSS we lose the Kanto journey and why the trains werent running, Silver being Giovanni's son as well as the Celebi story which reveals the real reason Giovanni never came back. Plus all the Sinjoh/Arceus/Unown lore.
For Sinnoh we lose Petrel trying to revive Galactic at Stark Mountain, and whatever happens with Oak and Shaymin
The aformented Delta Episode and all that brings, like the new characters and lore elements and how it informs the main story.
Like, I think ever since Gen 4, too many major things happen after the end credits for it to not matter because its postgame, I think there is a clear distinction between "this is made to pad out the runtime" and "this is additional story that we didnt put in just for it to not matter"