how hard and deep is it huh??? :p

posted a picture of an in game example on the OP

Everything after red and blue is not difficult. Dont recall any league champions with pokemon as highly levelled as Garry's and the exp share sucked.

Cheers.  Yeah it looks worse than it did back when I played it in primary school. Nintendo should really do a massive budget 3d open world pokemon on the Switch.   

Because it is.

A lot. Bear in mind that you have up to 800 Pokemon to choose, each one with its particulary movesets and stats. Stats that varies depending on Pokemon nature. True, people won't use all those Pokemon. Still, you have to learn how to counter attack different strategies, knowing well the weaknesses and strengths of your rivals (not just "water is weak to lightning", but how much attack does this Pokemon have, how many special deffense, what's the special hability of this Pokémon...), movesets, etc. You realy have to study hard if you want to be any good. Test yourself if you want. Peoole tend to underestimate Pokemon depth until they try to be any good in competitive xD.

Pokemon has to walk between "deep" and "accesible", and I think that the way to manage that is making an easy, accesible main story; with a rich post-game and a deep competitive mode.

LMAO I can't believe you "seriously" did that when we have the GOAT known as



to satisfy your needs. Hopefully, the majority of them.

Red , Blue, and Yellow were easy.

Not when I was 10. 

Red blue and yellow are easily the most difficult in the series. Obviously the entire series is quite easy when compared relative to each other.

I think that taking out the pointless crap is a good move for the franchise. Memorizing type weaknesses has never been fun for me so I think this is a good move. Additionally, the fact that you need to face someone before learning their weaknesses makes sense for the Pokemon world where Pokedexes exist.