While I completely respect that, and I managed to stretch the game out to 80hrs for the story (albeit most of that was a big stretch), I am replaying White 2 and it’s taken me 100 hours to get my team to level 20 so I can take on gym 3, I was at 52 hours when I took on gym 2 and all I’ve done is caught all the pokemon on the first few routes and level my team up, I think the issue many people have isn’t how long it takes in day to day life, but how many playable hours are actually needed to complete. Right or wrong, it is significantly less in the new games. (For reference, after 80 hours on SwSh my team were level 80+ without using candy, so that’s a big difference to grinding levels in previous games).