Are evolutionary stones more readily available now? I just caught Shadow Pikachu (yay!) and I love Raichu, so obviously I want a Thunderstone, but XD was notorious for not having extra stones. I see Raichu is on the list of available Pokemon along with Eevee in the wild, so I assume there's extra stones somewhere?
Also the level curve for Mt. Battle is broken. Area 1 should really be level 20s, not 25s, and especially not Ghost types. Especially no freaking Gengars! Nothing is gonna survive a Sludge Bomb or Shadow Ball from a Gengar! If you really want to help the player out with level grinding/shadow purification, then make Area 1 compromised of level 20 Chanseys. Vander can be different, because he's Vander, but yeah, Mt. Battle is infuriating when you're still early in game.
