I don't see kanto as a potential issue here, the league + gym leaders + story is so easy to finish i did all 3 regions in 3 weeks(cuz i was annoyed by lvl restrictions LUL) and this was with 4-5 hours of playing 3-4 days a week, its just either she constructed her team in the wrong way(u may need to have a plan about how ur team would go, see the "possible" elements (electric,rock,whatnot..) and then construct a team based around that. I see so many players whining in channel chat about the game being tough, its just a dumb AI. Actual ROM games of emearld/FRLG/Black/white were way too easy and was no fun, AI makes u want to actually "think" instead of predicting almost every move easily(as in the ROMS -_- ) So basically, figure out a team plan instead of having 6 random pokes(assuming she trained random ones as you havent mentioned yet what her team was) , if SS Anne's Blue was tough dont even think about the champion youll be facing @_@ any time soon.