>>50906652Just a scapegoat from younger fans, i would say I am a genwunner as Kanto is my favourite region followed by Jhoto, but i am an original fan that grew up during pokemania.
Having said that I like every gen i its own way, including the Galar region and I will like the new one also. I just like pokemon but have a big old softspot for the original 151 and simple designs. I also think Unova is the worst gen, as do many original fans, it was when i took my first big break from pokemon and I believe that is the greatest cause of the rift between new and old fans. I dont hate gen 5 and i like some of the mons, even unpopular ones like trubbish but i think its the weak link in the series and many people gen mad at gen 1 fans for this.
The other reason people scapegoat gen1 is that with it being the original it is obviously going to get the most amount of attention, references and throwbacks as it is what the majority of the fans want (the majority of the fans are not super fans who post in places like this guys, be honest) casual fans, old returning fans and new fans alike can appreciate Kanto, whether it be pokemon cards, anime or games. The success of pokemon go was thanks to them not vomiting 1k pokemon out instantly and instead having people hunt for starmie and kingler.
