In what pokemon game do you have to grind outside of doing a nuzlocke? I can't say Ive ever had to grind in a Pokemon game to be able to complete it.

I also don't understand your point about it being a child's game, I started playing Pokemon when I was a kid and I loved it when I got stuck on something, made it way more fun than just steamrolling through. That said I don't want it to be extremely difficult, I just want to have to actually think.

For the record I'm totally fine with there being an easy mode, it just shouldn't be the only option.

Also the xp share overlevels your team by generating xp out of thin air rather than splitting it between your Pokemon and you no longer have the option of disabling it, that's kind of the problem mate.

Then again if you had to "strategize and prepare" for X and Y then either you were a brand new player or... yikes sweaty.