Andrew McAfee

Hypothetical: I think it would be kinda cool if there were more trainers and gym leaders in Pokémon games that ran with a semblance of a balanced team. Like, it can be pretty easy to steamroll any gym leader with one or two of their weaknesses- what if they were all smarter?

So a few things to get out of the way: 1) The purpose of the gyms is to teach you the nuance of the different types, but in the end, you have to have a diverse team to make it all the way through the elite four. This hypothetical would legit upset most of the pacing.

2) These are, as a whole, children’s games. There’s going to be a learning curve that’s easier to climb. Please don’t take this hypothetical to mean I’m displeased with how the games are now- their design is (mostly) beautiful and I honestly wouldn’t change it.