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Annuga · 10-18-2016, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

True, and I was fine with that because I was a kid back then, I didn’t care. Beating the Elite Four over and over again and collecting each Pokémon was good enough.

But once we got Emerald I was fascinated by the Battle Frontier. It's kinda like collecting arena badges for grown-ups, since the challenges are harder and every facility has its own rules.

I love it because it lets you experience some harder battles after the game is over, every Pokémon game should have something like that. And they do have Battle Tower-like stuff in almost every game now, but I think those are boring since they only offer standard battles and no real rewards for anything. You just farm points for items and that’s it.

To be fair collecting the Frontier badges in Emerald didn’t give you anything special either, but they introduced useful rewards for completing the Pokédex so they can do the same here. Like giving you a charm which gives hatched eggs a better chance of inheriting strong IV values form their parents, or even directly inherit them so you don’t need to hatch 50 eggs to get a perfect one.

There’s also still no real way to battle with Legendaries after the game is over, like why not offer casual modes in these battle facilities where you can use Legendaries for fun with the drawback of not earning points? It’s a very specific issue so I don’t think they’ll ever care, but I’m just a bit tired of playing a great game but losing interest after the main story is over because I have nothing more to do except completing the Pokédex.

Stuff like the Delta episode is awesome, don't get me wrong, but those postgame quests end rather quickly and offer nothing worth mentioning for you to do except completing them.

It is 45 yeah, but that's still full price for that specific system.

I remember Platinum having a great variety of Frontier stuff
I might have good news for you based on the datamining

The Ultra Beasts might actually be catchable, and it's theorized that not all of them are encountered in the main story

10-18-2016, 07:19 AM	#14498
Annuga Avi by @CSarracenian Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 4,227	Quote: Originally Posted by Kiwami True, and I was fine with that because I was a kid back then, I didn’t care. Beating the Elite Four over and over again and collecting each Pokémon was good enough. But once we got Emerald I was fascinated by the Battle Frontier. It's kinda like collecting arena badges for grown-ups, since the challenges are harder and every facility has its own rules. I love it because it lets you experience some harder battles after the game is over, every Pokémon game should have something like that. And they do have Battle Tower-like stuff in almost every game now, but I think those are boring since they only offer standard battles and no real rewards for anything. You just farm points for items and that’s it. To be fair collecting the Frontier badges in Emerald didn’t give you anything special either, but they introduced useful rewards for completing the Pokédex so they can do the same here. Like giving you a charm which gives hatched eggs a better chance of inheriting strong IV values form their parents, or even directly inherit them so you don’t need to hatch 50 eggs to get a perfect one. There’s also still no real way to battle with Legendaries after the game is over, like why not offer casual modes in these battle facilities where you can use Legendaries for fun with the drawback of not earning points? It’s a very specific issue so I don’t think they’ll ever care, but I’m just a bit tired of playing a great game but losing interest after the main story is over because I have nothing more to do except completing the Pokédex. Stuff like the Delta episode is awesome, don't get me wrong, but those postgame quests end rather quickly and offer nothing worth mentioning for you to do except completing them. It is 45 yeah, but that's still full price for that specific system. I remember Platinum having a great variety of Frontier stuff I might have good news for you based on the datamining The Ultra Beasts might actually be catchable, and it's theorized that not all of them are encountered in the main story __________________