Around certain times of year for certain people - in my case, this time this year - a lot of open-air markets pop up in different places yet at about the same time. It's a sight to see and take in for those who like to shop around in them. That works out great for Pokémon fans as well, because the world has its share of open-air markets, or at the least one important instance of them. Even with that being the case, there's a certain charm about these markets that are on par to their real-life instances as they currently take place.
The open-air Pokémon market that I'm referring to, of course, is the one in Slateport City in the Hoenn region, where a variety of Pokémon goods are sold, including some that appear only once a Trainer has been able to obtain them elsewhere first-hand. It's an important and unique sight to behold in the city as well as the region, particularly for the purposes that it serve. Trainers in the course of their progression are likely to come back time and time again to this market, just like the real instances return at specific times.
While not a specific "open-air market" or an instance of them, sometimes some Department Stores hold a sale on the rooftop, and this could be considered a kind of "open-air" market. Like the real open-air markets, the prices are rock-bottom, and it becomes something that a Trainer ought to try to not miss. It may be just another day when the "market" is held, but it seems it can be "special" in a way when it is held.
It can be said, then, that the real open-air markets and the Slateport market share the charm of having unique goods at unique times, although the latter is always present and the former isn't, being more like the Department Store rooftop sale. Yet waiting for the sale and the occasion of the real market is a charm in and of itself, at least to some extent, as is eventually being able to shop for goods in all of them.
Each time the real open-air markets come around, it's admitted that there's a certain joy in seeing them open and then shopping in them. The same has to be true of getting into any Pokémon game, whether or not they include open-air market concepts as above. They're a charm for the experience and the shopping pleasures.
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