>>38080320The Villains defeated had their respective legendaries, making them canonically stronger, even if no MC existed in their world.
>catching ultra beasts is like catching any other legendaryYou're right about that
>traveling through wormholes is the power of Solgaleo/LunalaBy that logic, no trainer can ever accomplish a feat because their Pokémon fight and not them.
You sound like you didn't like what I said, but it's true, powercreep is not exclusive to Pokémon, but also MC's. Firstly, it was just a kid from a small town, same for Gen 2, taking on crime organizations single handedly, but in later gens, the power fantasies were cranked up to 11, and what we see now is the current peak.