>>55440593Blaine's gym was at least themed around Pokemon and it was also in the last major location of the game, it was meant to be a test of the knowledge you'd accumulated throughout your playthrough.
Another simple gym prior to this was Norman's, but that one was more about knowing what you're equipped to deal with - it was simple but still a bit elegant.
Math problems have nothing to do with Pokemon or its mechanics, it's purely knowledge you have to aquire outside of the game.
Similarily, a Pokemon gym having a puzzle all about fighting every trainer when nearly every gym in the series prior has had a focus on trying to avoid trainers just feels kind of weird and clunky.
I don't think it's a surprise that these two got major revisions in Platinum.
>it’s obviously a restriction of the DS hardware that they learned with experience to make as rare as possible.So they recognized it as an issue and with extra time afforded by continuous releases on the same hardware learned how to make it less noticeable... I'm sure it's not something they would have tried to address if Diamond and Pearl had taken longer to come out.
