146
God I hope Pokemon gets one straight to the face. Save for XY and, debatably, Gen 3(which, in both cases, is a stretch), they've never made grinding easy or fun.
In their micro/macromanagment creature-fighting RPG.
Why do I still play these games
I mean, so often lately have I wondered why Pokemon never really introduces new ideas. Concepts, I mean. They don't have to change things, just...think. Like, the series has been hinging on the same ideas since Generation 2, and we've been experiencing facelifts ever since. And nobody really brings this up, either. They talk about how the games are mostly the same and, my favorite line for a lot of reasons, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it", but they never talk about how we're still using the Pokegear...and nothing else. Bike's still here, phone's still here, and, um...bag. And we get unique little contraptions from time to time, but mostly these are temporarily tacked on to old ideas and then dropped next generation.
I've seen their Poker Horse Racing and Harmoknight, GF has good ideas. So use them. Carve your Pokemon world. You have the technology. You have the power.