>>50192225>it's not though>it's simply not fleshed out, given that it's a children's game>its plot is not in any way worse than any other Pokemon plotEven when I was a kid, it was evident to me that an evil team with the goal of expanding the land/sea for god knows what reason was fucking ridiculous.
>How so?Trying to optimize a competitive team for PVP or for the postgame facilities is a fucking nightmare in the gen 3 games. Ruby and Sapphire were even worse, but Emerald is still shit at that. Abilities and natures contribute to this shitfest.
>Because it's an island region; there's nothing wrong with thatI get it. There's ways to make an island region without all the sea routes being a fucking chore. Adding more variety of pokemon is a cheap way to do that.
>exactly when has a Pokemon map been "fun" to traverse?Fun, as in, not tedious. If you want to get random encounters for grinding, fine. But if you're trying to explore it's tedious when everything in the overworld looks the fucking same and the encounters you get are all the fucking same.
