>>46511202>Why? Are all the characters conveniently that stupid?Team Plasma is not one guy, Ghetsis may "obviously" be evil, but the rest of the organization is doing enough of a good PR job to make real life activists agree with them
>But all the other Pokemon who were happy with their Trainers weren't proof for him? That's convenient.Every game in this series has a player-centric plot. It's also not entirely clear how much exposure N had to the outside world until the game starts, your rivals may have played a role too, and N makes it pretty clear that you're not the only person who could do that.
>None of the non-insiders wondered why they were using time and resources to build a castle?a well-guarded secret? maybe they secured funding with false pretenses? none of this really matters?
>The castle being there ceases to make sense.it's a very easy thing to accept, and it doesn't contradict anything else in the story
>How does N testing his believes require an 8 gym and elite four system that's exactly the same as Kanto?it doesn't, but reinventing the way the league works was unnecessary, and leaving it that way isn't inherently an issue.
>even Gen 8 tried harder with its worldbuilding around why the gym system works the way it doesIt doesn't really do much to expand on the league, or use it as a vehicle for stronger character arcs.
Rose and Team Yell actually had decent potential for a story about how these sorts of things can become corrupt/rigged, but the former has nonsense motivations and methods while the latter is just kinda lame outside of making Piers look good.
Hop is supposed to be an underdog with an inferiority complex due to being the champion's brother, but his arc mostly happens off-screen, and the way his story ends is awful. If anyone cared about Hop, the post-game fight where you beat him into giving up altogether would be endlessly trashed for being mean-spirited.
I could go on, but the way these games use the league is night-and-day
