>>56456266Once you realize Gens 1 and 2 were beta tests and if they kept compatibility with them it would have dragged the whole series down. Gen 3 rebooting the entire series and throwing out everything that came before it is the reason we still have Pokemon today. It was like they had a crystal ball (no pun intended) and realized the best path forward was to ditch the experimental stuff and start on a good foundation.
Gen 3 had a brand new data structure. If they did gen 2 to gen 3 transfers it would have been as dumb as when they eventually did it with Pokemon transporter where you basically get randomized stats for your transferred Pokemon and the only thing that you keep is the nickname and level. I know some people would stand up and clap for a fucking nickname but FRLG was and will always be the better solution.
tldr: gen 3 did nothing wrong
