The Pokemon Sword and Shield Battle Tower was more fun than I expected.

Coming off of clearing all of my Pokedexes in Sword and Shield, I finally came around to try the Battle Tower. Having no competitive interest in previous Pokemon games, I figured I would give this a try.

I started with Gen I, then moved onto Gen II and Gen III. I skipped Gen IV and V due to waning interest but came back to Gen VI. I found…