>>53282369>Why would that matter? catching isn't restricted like it was in SwSh and you can just do this >>53282329Most people aren't gonna be juggling several teams and people are objectively less likely to se single stagers that show up at the halfway point or even near the end of the game. No matter how much you want to deny it the bond people form with their team has a large part in most people's playthroughs. It's why mons like Heatmor, Drampa, and Skarmory are rarely used, even if they aren't rare people aren't inclined to ditch an existing party member for a random one partway through the game unless the design ABSOLUTELY speaks to them or one of their members was filler anyways.
>The difference being that the Super Rod is gated from you until a certain point in the game.Except for the fact that you could get in on route 12 and you can't find the Tentacool family until Route 19 at the earliest?
>This makes sense though.Not really. Braviary and Mandibuzz are rarer encounters because they're higher level than the average player's team when they get to the route on top of having low catch rated, making catching them risky on a first visit, or at the very least something you gotta go out of your way to do. A valid example would be something like Pawniard which is both found late and doesn't even hit the evo level until the ass end of the game making it debatable if Bisharp should've just been a single stage found in the same areas.
>you would almost have a point if the evolutions weren't so similar to the prevos and the spawns weren't spoiled by overworld encountersCetoddle looks as much liek Cetitan as most prevos do to their evos and Cetitan isn't common in the first place, making seeing it rare and a surprising event overworld enocunters or not. This entire point is built upon a nonsensical hateboner for OW encounters.
>games are about gameplayThemes enhance gameplay by way of making the world more flavorful, and the prevos do serve a purpose.
