Are you going to implement a fast forward feature? Game looks nice but it will be a bummer if there is no fast forward to alleviate the grinding needed to beat the gym leaders considering most/all of them are going to have competitive sets
In my playtesting so far, I've made sure the gym leaders are beatable without grinding while also doing a nuzlocke run. It required a bit of strategy (which I think is a good thing) but I was able to beat both of the currently implemented Gym Leaders without losing any Pokémon. Also, in Pokémon Essentials, I've noticed that Pokémon tend to level up faster anyway. I'm playing through regular Platinum so I can get all the dialogue and events accurate, and my team in this game has outleveled them, despite having had a few Pokémon being replaced due to some being killed off in the nuzlocke mode. I think it'll be fine for most people playing, especially if they're just doing a regular playthrough. Another thing is due to the increased Pokémon variety, you have many more options for countering what the Gym Leaders have. Gardenia in particular has some Pokémon obtainable near her gym that double resist grass, like Budew, Sewaddle, Venipede, Fletchling once evolved and a gift Poipole obtained from a person in Eterna city.
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