[X] My Assistant

[Grimwood]

I know this may seem like a touchy little topic but it's a legitimate question.
To be quite honest, I personally think that they are. Now, before you scream at me, allow me to explain my reasoning.
WARNING! Semi-rant!
1.) Shinies are becoming easier to obtain with each passing generation. You can look this up yourself (I might update with a couple of links later on), but from what I've seen, it's true. There's even some methods out there to make it even easier...

2.) Your rival isn't really much of a rival. Now granted I've only played Platinum, Black, and Y versions, but from what I've seen (and heard) your rival doesn't pose much of a challenge to you anymore. I've also heard that your rival picks the weaker typed starter pokemon in Sun/Moon (not sure if it's true but thought I'd just throw it out there).

3.) The elite four and champion aren't super hard anymore. Now this only applies to my experience playing Pokemon Y but, I believe my pokemon were around level 50-60ish when I first challenged the elite four. Now, sure I had to use two or three heals and had some type advantages but it was oddly... easy. In Pokemon Black it took me over ten tries just to beat N (granted I was a kid, but still) and the elite four weren't super easy to beat either.

4.)No pokemon center around? No problem! This random stranger will heal them for you so you don't have to struggle through the level. Although, there have been more pokemon centers added with each passing generation.

5.) Many of the puzzles are pretty diddily darn easy. I remember nearly going bald at the Distortion World stage of Pokemon Platinum. On my second run through, it was really easy since I knew what to do and where to go. But the first time I spent maybe an hour and a half, maybe two hours trying to figure out what was going on and what to do. The crazy world layout didn't help either. The newer generations have had somewhat easier puzzles (I'm not talking about the Regi. puzzle with the braille though, that's insane. Just, no, it's hard from what I've heard).

Anyways~ that's it for my semi-rant but feel free to comment below and tell me what you think! No rude comments please and only try to post things relevant to the topic.