>>56826538The core focus of the franchise has always been catching Pokemon. You only embark on your Pokemon Journey because Professor Oak wants you to catch all the Pokemon in the region in order to have the world's first fully-complete Pokedex. The tagline of the franchise is ポケモンゲットだぜー!.
If anything, Legends: Arceus is the mainline game most true to Pokemon's cores in the entire franchise, because it's the only mainline game where you can catch 'em all legitimately all by yourself, no other games or multiplayer interaction required,
not counting Shaymin and Darkrai. 
