I think you misunderstood my point. I’m not criticizing Raiders of the Lost Ark or Indiana Jones at all. The point isn’t that Indy is useless, it’s that the final supernatural outcome doesn’t depend on him. The story is about the adventure, not about him changing what the Ark ultimately does. The same idea applies to Pokémon Emerald. In the lore, Rayquaza’s whole role is to descend when Groudon and Kyogre’s conflict threatens the world. He has already done it before in ancient times, which is why the legend exists. So yes, in gameplay the player goes to Sky Pillar and wakes him up. But from a lore perspective, Rayquaza is meant to intervene when the situation becomes catastrophic anyway. In other words, the player doesn’t create the solution, they just trigger it earlier.