>>54655337>One of the most solid (and large) dexes in the seriesIt actually has the smallest dex in the series after Gen 1, DP, and BW. They also removed half of the fucking Pokemon in the game
>while also doing a great job of balancing new and old mons in the regionThe new mons are drastically weaker and by far the weakest new mons of any generation. The strongest Pokemon in Hoenn is Kadabra, who has been in every Pokemon game up until that point.
Nine of the new Hoenn Pokemon - and some of the only actually good ones, at that - are exclusive to the postgame, which is even more than the previous game.
>, just enough of a story to keep the game going without getting in the way It absolutely gets in the way and breaks up the flow, unless you've somehow forgotten all of the flying back and forth between towns to fight more grunts and read more dialogue. You're describing all of the games before Hoenn, Hoenn is the first game to feature this awful trend.
>Hoenn is easily the best designed region,One-third of Hoenn is just empty space filled with Tentacool. No level design, no interactivity, just random encounters. This was not fixed in Emerald, and it was not fixed in the remake.
