[He hears that and the Batman-trained, always-prepared overachiever in him retranslates that to 40s. He punches one hand in to the other, hearing that.]

One of the things about the games is that every area has a level cap, so to speak, where all the Pokemon will be in the same range. And you don't get as much value out of beating something if your level is already too high.

If it's harder, I'm guessing that's still true.