>In 2025 it's shown Pokemon can thrive in a barren parallel dimension with no food or other resources to be found beyond the occasional space berry and each other
>Somehow fucking ARIZONA is uninhabitable for creatures that sometimes live in active volcanoes
The more time passes, the sillier Colosseum and Gale's plot feel. The most fucked-up part is that if Cipher didn't bother making Shadow Pokemon they could've taken Orre unopposed since Wes was too pussywhipped to steal normal mons and Michael's Snag Machine was neutered so it couldn't.