>>56230235nta but GSC was intentionally made to be a continuation of RBY. Mentions of Reds feats are sprinkled throughout the game, the entire post game is revisiting old character, so Red at least has sufficient build up while still being surprising to new players. The entire purpose of Gen 5 was to start from scratch and reinvent the series, hence the 150 new mons and the game only having them until the postgame. What the fuck is Cynthia doing in a random house? nothing wrong with it but it comes the fuck out of nowhere. B2W2 was intended as a "return to form" and celebration of the series as whole, hence old mons from all regions retuning and there being a tournament, so Cynthia and the other champs being there has enough context around it to make sense.
