I see what you mean and that makes sense. But PVP still has a major flaw that downgrades it from being the pinacle for me. Anyone who has the game can beat the elite four, complete the dex, or do any of the things you listed just by owning the games. Not everyone has someone to play against. I know I don't. The rare few people I do know locally who care to battle me aren't your hyper compeditive types, so they can be thrashed with just a team of level 100s. And beating someone who's likely to pull out the link cable when I'm going to win is not the pinacle of gaming.
And I still maintain that even if PVP is the absolute end all be all of pokemon, they still shouldn't cut out the pokemon that hyper compeditive types consider weak. Level 8x sneasel on Silver, thank you very much.
And I still maintain that even if PVP is the absolute end all be all of pokemon, they still shouldn't cut out the pokemon that hyper compeditive types consider weak. Level 8x sneasel on Silver, thank you very much.