BoulderWailord

The ability to replay the story mode and reset your level cap if you get bored of farming magikarps
 
rewrite some of the dialog in the silph co raid to imply that it’s actually huge battle between team rocket and all the players in the building

Make flash and defog reveal random hidden items in the overworld

territory control mechanic where whichever team wins the most battles in a town each week controls it for the next week
 
character hairstyles not being visible when you wear hats
 
more hair options in general (I didnt see a single male hairstyle i liked)

The ability to replay the story mode and reset your level cap if you get bored of farming magikarps
 
rewrite some of the dialog in the silph co raid to imply that it’s actually huge battle between team rocket and all the players in the building

Make flash and defog reveal random hidden items in the overworld

Why don’t they just include the handful of 6-8th gen moves that are used in comp play and skip all the trash/gimmick moves?  Most of the competitive moves from the newer games seem to be based on older moves with the typing changed or slightly different effects (flip turn and overdrive come to mind) and there’s only a few unique ones like court change or the terrain moves.

Honestly I don’t really see the point of running thru Kanto a second time at all.  They took a lot of stuff out to fit it on the GSC carts.  I’d just add the train station to the current map of kanto and unlock it after you beat both regions (along with the SS aqua)

Like different times of day?  That could be neat.

Item Slot: Hair and Face
I already mentioned that hairstyles are underrepresented, so here's a new compilation of hairstyles that I drew, based on styles from different places so there would be a lot of variety. It also includes some beards that could look good with the hairstyles.

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and every day real life is becoming more of a repetitive grind.

and every day real life is becoming more of a repetitive grind.