>>43533956>annoying rivalnot in a good way like Blue or Silver who are assholes with good teams, but more of a stalker who won't hop off your dick and has a braindead team and picks the starter weak to yours
>more than 1 rivalevery rival besides Hop isn't explored at all, and they all have braindead teams
>open worldit's a wide empty area that connects you to nowhere and you can't even catch 50% of the pokémon until you have all badges, and the regular routes are literally hallways with zero exploration
>food dexwhich nobody goes for
don't forget there's only 400 pokémon in the dex, all of them terribly animated
