>>39607650They shoehorned in a smaller second region so that they could though. That's really cool compared to what we get nowadays.
Consider that
Gen 2
>post game access to large former regionGen 3:frlg
>had a second region to improve lore, new biomes, and remedy the hardware based reset of the gba Gen 4
>the post game island is large enough to feel like a small region with plenty to doGen 5: bw2
>revisited the same region but expanded considerably, adding new townsEverything after was a joke in terms of what was offered as a region. I had high hopes honestly. All of them arrived half baked with areas and concepts advertised but never utilized. If SwSh is a dud, the TPCi and GF will lose a lot of fans and forward momentum.
