>>48127823The only reason people started shitting on Johto is because everyone loves it. Every boomer's favourite was GSC, and every zoomer's favourite was HGSS. United in absolute harmony. Fans of later generations broke down at this simple fact. "How could our Gens be hated despite Johto being "objectively flawed"? What about the level curve! The Pokémon distribution! The underwhelming story! Why aren't MY games getting any love! You're just jealous that your favourite Gen doesn't get an ounce of love Johto does, and that's taking into account how much GAME FREAK hates Johto. It really is an amazing sight to behold, how one region singlehandedly mindbroke every other game's fanbase, because they wanted their share of love, but despite the amount of hatred spewed towards Johto, nothing changed. If bad level curves, bad Pokémon distribution, and bad stories creates this amount of seethe, then I'm all for it, because nothing can change the fact that GSC/HGSS are the best games in the franchise, and arguably some of the best games of all time, full stop.