Do you even want to get me started? Look at my location. Eventless in, AL. We get NO events. We didn't even get GameStop Deoxys. I think it's a load of crap for Nintendo to do that. Some of us are in rinky-dink states where there isn't much of a fanbase so that gives them no reason. Well, hey. I think I'm a fan enough to cover the lost fanbase of the entire state of Alabama. As for meeting new people, I can't argue with that; it's fun meeting new people when I go to band events.
And before some of you go off on getting Wi-Fi, there isn't a way to get it that I know of. Also, when your parents don't even know you're on a forum talking to people you don't know in person, getting Wi-Fi to battle and trade with people you don't know wouldn't fly with them. At all.