And I'm weirded out by how ridiculously easy it is. I one-shotted Brock and his trainers with Oddish. Felt shameful.

Are Sword/Shield & Scarlet/Violet harder games? Which one between the two is harder? I enjoy Pokemon but I miss the challenge. Back in the original games Gary would ambush me by a Pokemon center and challenge me before I could heal my Pokemon, in these games he's a carebear who's being friendly to me all the itme. What's going on?!

The difficulty is inflated nowadays by the leveling design. If you do like four optimal battles for a slight amount of extra experience then you can steamroll through all the switch games with one pokemon alone, as the starters will learn moves that cover their weaknesses or are just strong enough to one-hit them anyway.

>>57925147 (OP)
They’re harder but not by much. Only real challenge in either are the Dynamax Adventure raids

fun fact, if you catch a super sized chansey you can instantly go to level 22 or more before exiting mount moon.
lets go is arguably the least balanced game in the entire franchise
most, if not all pokemon games are designed with children or young dumb kids in mind, but the lets go games were literally designed for toddlers.
babby's first videogame
(i still kinda like the game, seeing shinies in the overworld was fun)

>>57925147 (OP)
Is that any different from using Vine Whip with Bulbasaur or Bubble/Water Gun with Squirtle? The gym restriction was there to prevent another Yellow incident.

>>57925434
Pokemon Legends: Z-A is going to have zoomers in mind, so the difficulty will be good considering they are adding in action elements.

Can't wait!

>>57925147 (OP)
It's like a game journalist mode with pretty HD Kanto. Basically a walking guided tour for nostalgia reasons. Don't take it too seriously, and enjoy what effort they put in the game despite all its flaws.

This game made for kids is too easy. I'm going to complain on the internet.

SW/SH had the same issue. Pokemon games just aren't challenging and they made them even more brain dead. You just one shot everything.

>>57925147 (OP)
LGPE was make for mega-normies who "liked" Pokemon during Pokemania and/or only play Pokémon Go. It's very dumbed down and piss easy, as you see.
The mainline games aren't hard per se, but definitely not as baby-tier as LGPE. They have more depth thanks to abilities and such.

>>57926804
Good for you

i actually just boughted this

I caught a riolu first thing In a fresh save of SV, drove up to the fairy crew base, and within the 15 minutes of a single sandwich he was level 40. These games have always been easy to break if you know how the mechanics function.