20 Things Only Pokémon Fans Will Understand
4. You Absolutely Cannot Ride Your Bike There
Roaming an entire region's worth of cities, towns, caves and forests is tough work for the still-growing legs of a ten year old, so the addition of a bicycle to the arsenal of items you can carry is a wise move. At least, it would be if it gave a bit more freedom than it does.
That narc Professor will chime in on many an occasion when you try to ride the bike in an area he deems unfit. Through a corridor or in a city's mega-sized department store? No way kiddo, you'd better get off that thing and walk.
While the adult in me respects the Professor's decision - bikes are not an indoor thing - the ambitious trainer at the back of my mind wants to know why I'd be allowed to roam around commanding all manner of deadly creatures but not allowed to ride my bicycle wherever I damn well want?
Talk about mixed messages!