>>46471425Crystal
>Early game Teddiursa>Ice Cave SneaselI'm pretty sure those are the only post E4 gen 2 mons that were made pre E4 but I could be wrong
>Just generally more engaging distribution, a lot of which HGSS didn't carry over (Hoppip on the first route, Poliwag on the second route, Ghastly on the third, there's a little edit to put a spicier and more exciting pokemon on a TON of routes and HGSS doesn't include any of them)>No event Celebi encounter (VC) (Obviously I don't support giving money to gamefreak but if you pirate the VC version of Crystal it's a lot easier than jerryrigging your way into the HGSS events)>Odd Egg makes several Kanto pokemon like Pikachu available pre-E4 but also removes these Pokemon from there easily accessed locations from GS that HGSS (mostly) retained>No MareepHGSS
>If you have your pokewalker still you can abuse it to get a Murkrow into your game immediately>Early Slugma>Pre-E4 Misdrevous>Pre-E4 Larvitar>Wild Steelix for solo players (there's a rare appearance early game one, not just mt silver)>HGSS Safari Zone majorly balloons out the amount of gen 1 Pokemon you can use once you access it, many of these pokemon were post E4 or expected to be transferred from the original games in GSC>Gen 4 evolutions are allowed, several are possible without trading any items in from a DPPt or beaten HGSS game>Postgame has lots of gen 3-4 catchableBoth, both have a lot of really slick advantages. If you're a big time johtofag like me I recommend the myriad of Johto re-imaginings that exist. Fool's Gold, Crystal Clear, Gold 97, etc etc.
