My thoughts on it are generally the same it is fun kinda finding things out and stuff. Hunting so to speak, but I'm also sorta against it too, because if you're looking to explore and ect, you might end up missing something and that would suck /: Which is why I always follow a walkthrough or in this case this year, getting a guide from gamestop for the official games. So you don't miss out on the little things and wild pokes. Especially if it's something you really want on your team. So if it's something I 100% need on my team, I'll prob ask or look it up so I don't miss it. Which there's a few pokemon on my team the second time around that I didn't even know where they were the first time around by watching a playthrough, looking it up and my own different weathers the second time. I got Numel by chance of seeing a pineapple looking thing from the edge. xD Which if I didn't look over I woulda missed it and missed a pwnsome pokemon for my team. So idk, I'm for it, but I'm against it too. xD It's fun if you get what you need by exploring.