>>45028831>strictly enforced level cap that virtually all of the bosses go beyond about a third of the way through (thankfully its easy to level grind)>very few actual captures unless you use gifts/side quest pokemon>aces become perfectly ev trained by the time you reach the 5th badge, entire teams not longer after, and theres 14 gyms in the game (thankfully ev training is easy)>random trainers can turn into surprisingly difficult fights due to actually having coverage/strategy>strong pokemon are locked towards the end of the game>terrain system gives every boss a huge advantage over you naturally>at least 4 fights are done with a partner with not great AI or who are disadvantaged against the boss >game throws an absurd number of legendaries and OC high BST mons at you as well as mega evos long before you get access to them>its also a pretty long game so if you fuck up its a long climb backWith Reborn, they dont even give enemy trainers EVs until the 9th gym, Intense Rejuvenation starts absolutely brutal and descends into fucking insanity.
On Emerald Kaizo, I was able to make it without bag items, on Set mode, level cap to next gym leaders ace up to Winona. On Rejuvenation I haven't found any consistent strats to get past the 3rd fucking gym leader.
