>>38014789>Everyone complains that they're gone, but they served no real purpose and nobody actually fucking used them.They helped add flavor and make the world feel more alive. Just their presence helps sell the Pokemon world as being vibrant and lively, giving you more things to see and do, even if you're not a huge fan of it.
>There is no functional purpose for a Safari Zone either. It's a place where you catch Pokemon, but the encounters are based even more on luck.It's a unique twist on the normal gameplay. While it was coded kinda funky in its original inception, it should have been polished and tweaked, not completely abandoned. HGSS introduced a very unique and fun evolution of the Safari Zone concept.
>Not sure why people crave these features and act like their exclusions were so horrible.Because it's more side stuff, more flavor, more worldbuilding, more experiences that are getting cut, with nothing in return.