>>52430413>They're battling you one at a time so it literally makes no sense for there to be separate rooms.Series tradition and it just looks nicer/cooler.
The anime also recognised that you need some variety to keep things interesting.
>The League is treated as a professional organization in this game.Fair point actually, all the gyms are also mindlessly copied soulless corporate buildings.
>in a way that would have the story make less sense (separate E4 rooms decorated as if a D&D tabletop nerd designed it for some reason)Even if they didn't make it as ornate as the wildly opulent school two minutes down the road, literally any amount of personalisation would be nice.
Hell, even people who work in office buildings IRL decorate their desk because people just like to express themselves and look at nice things.