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My brother shared with me an Instagram reel of a guy saying that in the first Pokemon games, your rival would choose a starter pokemon that counters yours, while in modern ones it's the reverse. It reeked of "kids these days", as if children were designing Pokemon games.
That does bug me a bit. I know, it's a game meant to be accessible for children... BUT, the starters don't have their type moves in the beginning (or at least they didn't) so it didn't matter. The first battle was a scratch vs tackle type battle then you had the opportunity to catch something they're weak to before the next one.
Pokémon now, even worse than back in the day, is a game where you can use only your starter and just over level them and beat the game easily. But.. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯