I'm at the part where hop complains about getting smacked around by Bede. Why is the gameplay flow so poor? Everytime I get to a new town Sonia just kidnaps me and babbles on about random shit that makes no sense.

I also have a full team of strong leveled up pokemon but all i've been using is a sudowoodo, butterfree and shellos. I thought a nuzlocke could save this game on my first time through but no it's still shit.