>>43225108>>43225118>>43225171And one last thing on my mind, and probably the most controversial point I have, is about the Pokemon design both aesthetically and mechanically being the weakest of the series.
On the one hand, you had the introduction of totally broken and overpowered Pokemon like Skarmory (140 base Def) and Blissey (135 base SpD, 255 base HP) that would go on to be dominant staples of OU.
On the other hand, you have literal trash like Sunkern, factually *the weakest Pokemon in the entire classic series*, and otherwise super weak ones like Sunflora and Yanma.
The balance was bad in Gen I. It was totally fucked in Gen II. Gen III salvaged some of them thanks to abilities and moveset expansions, while still leaving some completely unsaveable losers like Sneasel. It took until Gen IV giving some of the weakest of them full-fledged evolutions for people to forget just how badly many Johto Pokemon were designed mechanically.
No other classic Gen was as careless when determining Pokemon strength. No other gen had so many total losers and unfair champs.
