"Testing the player" doesn't necessarily mean he was making himself weaker. You would have to prove that.
He didn't use some of his haxes. So? You are making a positive claim, prove he was making himself weaker for some reason. (Despite the fact, to my understanding, he wants to reward the player; what reward, fighting something that's apparently even below the creation trio)
Both arguments are incredibly silly and quite frankly hilarious.
Yes. He weakened himself. Proof?
1. He could've simply negated all the players hax if he wanted or take away their powers
2. Erased the player and Pokémon
3. Fainted them without lifting a finger
Didn't i mention these already?
Who is the omnipotent being here and who runs the entire show here? The player and his not even close to country level Pikachu?
How does he go from around 7C to low 1C with ZERO proof of any sort of power jump whatsoever.
Yes Arceus tested the player. Also partly why he can keep fighting the player in EBR for as long as the player wants and has all the power to make that happen. Why would he do that if he's constantly being harmed and defeated by the player realistically. Answer, unless whatever the player does is meaningless to him. You proved yourself, neat. Let's do it again.
In which way, shape or form did you seriously think that player and his silly Pokémon were even remotely close to low 1C
Prove it here and now that the player fought on a power level comparable to Arceus and not Arceus fighting the player comparable to that player.
Especially when his showings has all the more proof the the player is a vastly inferior being to Arceus
I'm not buying any nonsense that the player scales
No one does