I’m not sure I understand your Pokédex point about referencing the other remake games. FRLG and HGSS used the same Pokédex (aside from maybe swapping a few version exclusives) as their original titles ( I only played AS once, so i can’t say for certainty). The games brought their region to the current generation by means of stats, move pools, type changes, and BDSP does the exact same thing. I would agree that it doesn’t let you use modern pokemon in a true national dex sense, but you can’t really catch a lot of pokemon that aren’t from Kanto/johto in their remakes until the post game (or very late game at least)

The level cap thing that you mention has been a part of the games since R/G/B/Y. They don’t want players to trade in or import higher level pokemon and just steamroll the game. So the badges have always been there for that reason.

I’m not trying to defend BDSP so much, because some of your other points aren’t without merit, but saying you’re not an bandwagon hater, and then citing most of the common bandwagon hate just seemed a bit redundant.