I remember someone (can't remember who) articulating the point very well, that Unown is treated more like a plot device than a Pokemon. As in, it's shown that Unown have phenomenal power (some speculate that they and their dimension existed even before Arceus), but in battle that power can't emerge.
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Unneeded things in pokemon!
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I remember someone (can't remember who) articulating the point very well, that Unown is treated more like a plot device than a Pokemon. As in, it's shown that Unown have phenomenal power (some speculate that they and their dimension existed even before Arceus), but in battle that power can't emerge.
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Two unneeded things in pokemon games in my opinion:
(1) Pokemon Contests
I feel like they belong more to the anime than to the game itself because you can simply forget them without consequences, but you can't do Contests ignoring the Gyms. I simply skip them all: they don't add nothing to the plot and they feel like they waste room for other things. At least, the Pokeathlon in HG/SS gives you the possibility to gain evolution stones "more easily".
(2) Some unnecessary HMs or HMs that are so weak you have to get rid of them if you need a 4th moveslot available
For example, why do you have to run Whirlpool + Waterfall + Surf when the only move you'll use is Surf? Waterfall is rarely used more than once (except you are going to visit extra areas, but...) in order to reach the Victory Road. Whirlpool is even more niche and has no uses outside of that. Luckily enough, Surf is still very good despite the competition with Scald...
(1) Pokemon Contests
I feel like they belong more to the anime than to the game itself because you can simply forget them without consequences, but you can't do Contests ignoring the Gyms. I simply skip them all: they don't add nothing to the plot and they feel like they waste room for other things. At least, the Pokeathlon in HG/SS gives you the possibility to gain evolution stones "more easily".
(2) Some unnecessary HMs or HMs that are so weak you have to get rid of them if you need a 4th moveslot available
For example, why do you have to run Whirlpool + Waterfall + Surf when the only move you'll use is Surf? Waterfall is rarely used more than once (except you are going to visit extra areas, but...) in order to reach the Victory Road. Whirlpool is even more niche and has no uses outside of that. Luckily enough, Surf is still very good despite the competition with Scald...
You don't necessarily have to run all 3 - I used to swap out Dive and Waterfall in Emerald based on where I was.
Yes, you don't have to run them all, but I think that if you really want to introduce a HM (such as Waterfall or Dive), you should make use it more than once or twice during the main plot. The fact you have to use Waterfall ONCE time in the main plot to reach the Victory Road is really a poor design in my opinion.
Fortunately, in Alpha Sapphire the combination of Marshtomp+Ludicolo allows to keep both Surf, Waterfall and Dive in the same team.
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Don't forget that you pretty much have to run Flash in Hoenn's Victory Road (RSE at least) because the light radius is small enough for you to not see what you have to do in the Strength puzzles.
Then there's Cut status as an HM. Not as bad as Defog or Whirlpool, but there have been TM moves with more out-of-battle places to use than it.
Then there's Cut status as an HM. Not as bad as Defog or Whirlpool, but there have been TM moves with more out-of-battle places to use than it.
Useless NPC Trades. For example, there's no reason to make the Dragonair for Rhydon / Dodrio trade in GSC
And what about the most hated character in the Pokemon series AKA the woman in Snowpoint City that cheerfully points out the Haunter she just traded to you had an Everstone so you are not getting a Gengar?
Mindy and her Gaspar are in the "Things that annoy you in Pokemon" thread :-)