[Matrixbeast]

To everyone who wants to go back to previous regions in the same game: Stop being stupid. This isn't a size or memory thing, it's a logic thing. Going through one region without level grinding, just battling the trainers, evil organization, and gym leaders (And subsequently the E4) can have your team rounding out level 60. Add in 5 more regions and you'd be a walking god halfway through the Hoenn.
Yes, it would seem like fun, but after a certain point, battles with your level 100 mons vs. their lv 20 mons would just seem tedious and busy work (Remember, in GS/HGSS, only the Gym Leaders got the level boost. The normal trainers still fought with their lv. 5 Pidgeys and etc in Kanto). And there would be no challenge. Unless the game forces you to pull an Ash, there would be nothing fun.

Anyway, like the starters, looks like Fire isn't paired with Fighting, so thank god (Early rumors are that it's part Psychic), the Grass type is currently rumored to have the Fighting half (GOOD GOD GAMEFREAK. No one likes Fighting starters. Stop making them :I), and, as usual, I really don't care about the Water type.

Oh, kinda like the legendaries, but there's something about both of them that stops me from loving them. The deer's antlers are too silly, but there's something about the dragon that makes me hesitant...

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Healers on in every cave and a number of routes too, characters that freely give you key items and huge training boosts (including an extremely rare hold item prior to this gen), fluctuating experience points, Audinos on almost every route which give you masses of exp and pretty much invite you to beat them (the AI regularly just uses heal pulse).

If the NPCs are slightly harder (which I personally didn't think), its only to balance that they've spoon-fed you pretty much all the way so grinding is as easy as possible.

Look, I agree with you that B/W2 dumbed things down and made it a whole lot easier. I had very much the same complaints you did. Honest.
But if you take away my healers in the caves, I will come down upon you with the wrath of a titan.