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So, the reason I aborted my original playthrough of Pokemon Emerald back in 2007 had to do with these two Trainers on Route 110 who kept wanting rematches. Upon noticing this, I realized I had been grinding levels, something which I normally avoid doing. At least in GSC, it's more limited in that you have to wait for your friends to call you before you can re-battle them, but the way it works in RSE pretty much takes the challenge out of it, in that you can keep leveling up your Pokemon in some way other than continuously fighting wild Pokemon.

Just several days ago, though, after having chosen Magnemite and Baltoy for the Battle Frontier, the first thing I did with them was have them defeat all the game's Gym Leaders in rematches, except for Winona and Liza & Tate. Unable to re-battle any of the defeated Leaders a second time, I took to battling everyone else in Hoenn marked in the PokeNav, and not one person wanted another rematch... except for Juan, the last of the Gym Leaders. (Of course, being in Mauville with my Pokemon leveled up further, I'm probably just gonna go straight to Fortree City and see if I stand more of a chance against Winona instead.)

During this whole battling spree, I let Magnemite evolve into Magneton after learning Screech at Level 44, and updated the Emerald list shortly afterwards. Baltoy will also evolve once it learns Explosion at Level 45.