>>55206937The whole gimmick of the first gym is based around it though, and you don't have too many options to cover those weaknesses by that point iirc. I think it's a neat way to teach lil Timmy about type matchups with a cute monkey.
Also; the first 3 games I played were Firered, Emerald, and Diamond. I had a tendency to use the fire starters and the 1st gyms all use rock types but it was never an issue as a kid who never built teams and barely caught mons, why? Because Charmander learns Metal Claw for Brock, and Torchic and Charmander evolved into Fighting types. That's to say nothing of the water and grass starters. The first gym's generally a tutorial anyways, the monkeys just make it more apparent I guess, def not just a gen 5 thing.
I see where you're coming from though, maybe I'm biased with nostalgia and the concepts not that cool, but I thought it was neat back then, always dropped the monkey shortly after anyways..
