>lose to a gym leader>they extort you out of your own hard-earned money>win against a gym leader>you get some shitty plastic badge that probably cost 40 cents to makewhat a nice fraudulent system they've set up in these games
>>58914961The badges are literal mind control devices and TMs cost thousands.
>>58914961>you get some shitty plastic badge that probably cost 40 cents to makeAnd a TM. And some money. And assess to more of the region. And higher obedience levels. And, in older games, badge boosts and HM usage.
>>58914961Anon, you get half their money too. They're just not dumb enough to carry all of it with them.