>>51704962It needs both. Everything needs a narrative so it begins and ends. Otherwise it's just endless, aimless autism shit.
>>51705004Low IQ post. Pokemon needs a narrative, it was better off with the subtle narrative of the gen1 games than with the shit stories we have now though. Fighting gym leaders to get to the champion is a narrative. Catching all the pokemon is a narrative. Pokemon literally can't exist without a narrative, unless you make some Roblox mod where you catch pokemon and they vanish out of existence every time and nothing develops, you just throw balls for no reason.