>>58088732You can start at any area you've already reached, if you use it as your grinding spot from the point it's accessible forward you can easily just go through areas 6-10 for higher level grinding. Or better yet, challenge the colosseums and get some tms and money you can put towards more useful shit while you're at it, Phenac colosseum is around level 40, the Under about 45. Once you hit Realgam tower you've got a strong enough team to get you to the final gauntlet, then you can use those trainers to grind for the final bosses until you win. Don't forget the exp share too. But honestly there's no need to grind unless it's your first playthrough and you didn't know what was coming so you didn't have decent counters for the bosses ready in advance, 5-10 levels above you isn't that hard if you're prepared. Also for trainers that send their shadow pokemon out early, snags count even if you lose the battle in this game, so you can always go in with the intention of just snagging the shadow pokemon at all costs then go for the win so you're not trying to keep the shadow pokemon alive while not dying yourself, kinda divide and conquer.
>>58088754I sympathize with your frustration, probably would have quit after that too, but I must ask: why did you reset when you had all those continues racked up anyways? I'm pretty sure the game warns you at the start of the battle mode challenge that you have to do it all in one go or use the break feature or it'll mess up your streak, and in story mode you have to save at a pc so there's no reason to expect progress to not be lost if you didn't save.