>>53922601>Just like gen 1Gen 1 was "inspired" to do the opposite of what Mother did(Mother has giant empty maps=Pokemon compresses its locales), not exactly backing up what you're pushing.
I'm not really sure the Snorlax one, which would be the closest tonally is precisely from Mother either. Mewtwo is kinda the only large case besides some design notes.
Roadblocks aren't some unique Mother thing.