Will Gamefreak ever manage to top how ass backwards they managed to implement difficulty options?

>difficulty selection is locked behind beating the champion in the first place, so the only way to unlock Easy Mode is to beat the game on Normal Mode
>Easy Mode and Hard Mode are version exclusives, so you have to trade online with other players if you want the difficulty your version doesn't have
>Easy Mode reduces the levels of trainer pokemon, but doesn't effect wild mons, meaning you earn less EXP from trainer battles than just grinding in the grass, and in some cases it means you need to grind to catch up to the wild mon levels in a new area
The only thing I can think of that even comes close is locking SwSh's sound options behind a missable NPC an hour into the game