>>41952172Especially in Gen 1, training the likes of Magikarp and Abra to evolve was very time consuming -- Magikarp in particular, because it levels up very slowly early on. Prior to Gen 6, the Exp. Share was not only way less broken, but you also typically had to go out of your way to get it and couldn't do so until halfway through the game (hell, in RGBY you needed to be 1/3 towards completing your Pokedex just to get the inferior Exp. All). I absolutely find it believable that most trainers wouldn't bother, especially given how much everyone but a select few seems to suck relative to the player character.
