


The gym leaders themselves also get stronger as you beat others in their tier, making for a firmer progression. Each gym is bristling with powerful trainers, pretty team comps, and impending doom. The player can choose to battle the gyms in each tier in whatever order they choose before moving on, Megaman 7 style. Kanto has been reformatted and is now segmented into two tiers before Blue. While difficulty is only moderate, team composition is thematic, well-crafted, and puts up a fight. Unlike the Johto Dex only limitations on Johto’s trainers and encounters, Kanto goes whole hog on the best G4 has to offer, with a variety of Pokemon from all four regions in trainers and wilds alike. Fortunately, one can announce that this is no longer the case, as with the v2.0 Update, “Kant Stop Me Now”, Kanto has been thoroughly overhauled! Despite some band-aids, Kanto was still a major eyesore. Refined Gold Overhaul has been out for a few months, but comes to a screeching halt after finishing Johto and beating Lance.
