LOL yes the game is a little hard, but honest it's an mmo... it shold take a while to beat all gyms etc no? btw i'm new and started kanto... beat the e4 with 18 hours of gameplay... it's a little more than in the gba... but still 20h is not a time for "no life players" like some ppl claim... just read more about strategys and you i'll see that it's not that hard.