>>48069293Johto's supposed to be the chill region that anyone can beat. Hyperactive battle addicts just spend their days whining about why it's not as intuitive as battle facilities from a decade later, but in reality GSC isn't supposed to be that at all. It's supposed to be a game that you play really slowly in increments, and do all the daily activities and sidequests and stuff. The addition of items and breeding is also proof of that, and this was all because they were trying to get a more casual market into pokemon, who maybe didn't want to battle all the time.