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Originally posted by aayAlex
And given how many Pokemon were available before getting the National Dex, it just didn't make sense to give them 4. Lazy bitches.
And the ORAS E4 was a mess. That old lady had like 3 Glalies on her team  |
Glacia isn't an old lady.
Her team was almost the same structure as in RSE; the only reason she was easier is because she had two Froslass instead of two Sealeo, which at the time I think presented a much stronger challenge to RSE players.
I think they compensated for making her weaker by giving Drake and Phoebe stronger teams, and thankfully leaving Sydney alone.
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Originally posted by qurl
but why in the 7th generation must we have mono-type bosses still ??
tbh it would be kinda nice of them to shake it up a bit and give us gym / E4 members that have a recurring theme w/ their Pokemon instead of it all just being based on type
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Because that's what the Elite 4 are. I understand the desire for change and I don't discourage changing systems, changing conventions of the series, but this is something deeply ingrained into the fabric of the games' culture - Gyms and the Elite Four go hand in hand, and are meant to represent mastery of a type. I just don't feel comfortable with any change to that particular system just because we're hitting the 20 year mark.
One could make a good argument about having the Elite Four represent different competitive team archetypes, but that would create a much harder game for casual players than I think they want. I would be eager to see implementation of that in a hypothetical challenge mode and I would love to face them with that sort of theme - but ultimately, most of the consumers are still kids and to them, this system of one E4 member = one type isn't as old and worn out as it is to you or me, you know? We're just not the target market, and I think sometimes what we want doesn't align with that target market.
The games should inarguably get tougher though. I haven't played through B2W2 in challenge mode, as I have to beat Black 2 first and that's a hassle, but I have a feeling that the Gen 5 challenge mode is what people in our Poke-demographic want.
