>>42905206>You can do gyms 4-7 in any orderBut why would you? You HAVE to go through each city roughly in order to get to the Gyms anyway, so essentially your 'freedom' just means ignoring the Gym only to come back later. If I have to go to Cianwood to unlock Olivine Gym what gameplay benefit is there if I ignore Morty's Gym while I'm there?
What's the point?
Maybe if Johto wasn't garbage the extra freedom exploring COULD be used to build a better team before challenging the Gyms from routes you wouldn't normally access until later. But its the same fucking shitmons on every single route until Kanto.