>>47646401Even games like Let's Go touch upon this (minus the unaffiliated part) by having the E4 rematches being 10 or so levels above the regular Gym Leaders
I think it's obvious in most RPGs, Pokemon included, that losing and nothing happening is just a game mechanic(like in DQ, you can die and get dragged around in a coffin) the character really isn't meant to lose outside of stuff like the PWT, so that likely means that stuff like Victory Road is meant to represent the semifinals/elimination phase of the actual Championship
Also, one other thing regarding Galar, for lack of a better word, they're both isolationist and hyperfocused on Pokemon Battles as a sport, Dynamaxing takes Pokemon battles to new heights in the spectacle department, but is also strictly limited to Galar, and nothing indicates that in lore a Gigantamaxed Pokemon is superior to, say a Mega Pokemon, or anything, also the obvious fact that Mega Pokemon/Stones aren't allowed in Galar, despite being allowed in Kalos, Kanto, Hoenn and Alola, which for such big Pokemon battle fans, strikes me as suspicious
Galar is filled with such attention whores that they build whole stadiums and deal with corporate sponsorships for this thing, and yet they barely care for other aspects of Pokemon battling?
