Interesting considerations, Etesian already answered everything i only have a thing to add about the difficulty of the game, which is (of course) pretty high especially considering how easy are the main ones but i feel that the sense of dread i had (in earlier episodes) before every "major" battle, that feel of "surviving only by luck" is now gone. If you noticed many good/challenging opponents (mainly Gym Leaders) got nerfed (sometimes heavily) because a part of the community kept complaining about it (it's of course only part of the reason but still) i really want that "feel" back.