Talk:Paradox/Companions/@comment-38248367-20200912224512/@comment-25707465-20200912225540

The first feature was already present in a loooot of game before Pokémon, so it's not that surprising (look for "All in a row" in TVTropes)

What really surprised me is the fact that almost all characters have several random lines of dialogs in the world with NPC. One example that comes to mind is bringing Izuna or Gekka into Iliasville, where they have a line of dialog with a guy who wants to use Luka's connection (and they basically say that if he doesn't have skills, he won't go far anyway)

So why it stuck to my mind? Those two characters are mooks/random encounters with a dialog in a place where you'd never consider bringing them to, with an npc you might not even consider talking to after leaving this place at the beginning of the game, and wouldn't be related to them in any way. And yet, here it is, and there are some like that all over the place...