And I'm weirded out by how ridiculously easy it is. I one-shotted Brock and his trainers with Oddish. Felt shameful.

Are Sword/Shield & Scarlet/Violet harder games? Which one between the two is harder? I enjoy Pokemon but I miss the challenge. Back in the original games Gary would ambush me by a Pokemon center and challenge me before I could heal my Pokemon, in these games he's a carebear who's being friendly to me all the itme. What's going on?!