DPPt
>Poketch, which has a variety of uses such as
>Party viewer
>Day care checker
>Berry checker
>Clock
>Memo pad
>Step counter
>Lets you check your Pokemon's friendship level from anywhere
>Dowsing machine
>Calendar
>Coin flipper and roulette spinner
>Lists top three most met Pokemon
>Timer
>Check breeding capability of Pokemon in party
HGSS
>none of that but at least you can use it to quickly touch at menu options, have multiple key items for the first time, and a toggle to run
BW/B2W2
>literally nothing except telling you the time and rough gauge of how much battery your console has left
>used to have other features but they're completely worthless now because you'll never encounter another human with their C-Gear on in the wild and you have to jump through hoops to play online at all
Why did they just get worse and worse? What the fuck were they thinking? Why didn't they just retain the Poketch and give it more apps every game? Why wasn't the C-Gear just an alternative to the Poketch if you wanted to use it? What is Game Freak's obsession with throwing away great new features??