>>52407682>No lol they ran noticably worseGood evidence
> I am so glad they weren't as bad as they have been in the past and I could cruise through them without some in your face character arc like a marvel movie with the writingYou're not arguing the case that the rivals are better, you're arguing that they're not as harmful to the story.
This might be the inner genwunner in me talking, but when a rival is done well, it's less about the growth of the character alone (Wally) and more of the character's growth in relation to the player's progress. There's a reason why so many people remember Blue beyond the basic nostalgia - his transition from a just a bratty snob to a frustrated egomaniac in RBY gives the game's story a central antagonist, so when you actually defeat him, it's one of the final milestones of the player's journey. If you cut Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna from XY's plot, almost nothing changes. If you cut Blue from RBY, the entire game's plot falls apart.
>>52407688I wouldn't know, I played Platinum for that, and even then I Nuzlocked it, which ended up being "Gyarados braindead simulator."
>characters moved too slow etc.Though I don't really know if that's a performance issue and most GF just not knowing how to make players move at a good speed at the time. Might have to replay it and check.
>>52407689>Then turn it off.Not using a broken feature doesn't make the feature less broken.
>source?As much as I hate to say "do your own research," you're trying to split hairs for contradiction's sake, so fuck off. If you want counts, you can search "Pokemon polygon counts."
To use another comparison, one figure I found for Diancie gives the triangle count at 10360 (source: resetera forums). Pic related showcases some Zelda model stats. Granted, Diancie is one generation afterwards, but, fuck, nothing about that model warrants such a drastic increase.
>name a single format they were brokenMega Mawile took over VGC and OU you idiot.
