Wait they are the same building now? Hospital and sports store all on one?

..then again I guess PetSmart does have a vet in the same building these days. Well fuck I'm grandma

Convenient yes, but Ill always miss the pokemart shop music.

"Pokémon Mart"? What kind of fake millennial, valor stealing grandma is this? Smh

What's the big deal? My Pokemon Index had no entry, so I threw my Pokemon ball to catch the Pokemon monster. Then I had to take it to the Pokemon Mart...

True, but that's Banfield Pet Hospital. At least they don't call it PetHealth!

They're just jealous professor oak doesn't want to court their mothers

You can take my portmanteau from my cold dead hands

Yeah, everyone knows it's called the Pocket Monsters Mart.

From a game dev perspective, I can see why they did it, but from a storytelling/worldbuilding perspective, it feels as barren as the amount of NPCs in eah of the areas in Sca/Vio.

This was done in gen 5. Which was a long time ago. Yes, you are grandma.

Gen 5? Yeah I don't think I ever got that far. I would have been 21/22 when it came to North America in 2011. So I'd have to assume I was drunk until about 2017, and I haven't bought any pokemon games in my 30s lol.

Edit: That said Wobbly Life has been my favorite game I've played this year unless you count Red Dead 2, because I managed to never play it till September of this year. My spouse tells me I have to play red dead 1 now, but I imagine I have other games I probably should catch up on first.

human hospitals also have stores in them like gift shops, but also my local hospital has a pharmacy and a food court with franchises including subway, ginos pizza, freshii. i can't speak for US hospitals as i am Canadian where we have better healthcare than the US.