>>49530771>>49530801>>49530806>>49530810>>49530817>>49530819>>49530821>>49530824>>49530833>>49530835>>49530854>>49530855>>49530879>>49530900>>49530903>>49530915>Walking Pokemon isn't that GreatIt's a small bit of immersion that goes a long way. Especially in an RPG like Pokemon.
>Johto designs suck dickIf you hate Johto designs, you hate classic Pokemon design philosophy, in which case your arguments are invalid due to your objectively bad taste.
>The story is bad! SWSH had better characters!Gen 2's story is serviceable and light as Pokemon stories should be, as these games should promote using your imagination and going on your own adventure, almost as if it's a role-playing game. If you wish to overanalyze it the Team Rocket plot could be seen as a commentary on change and the passage of time, major themes in the game. Additionally, Gen 2's characters though not put in the forefront are still some of the most memorable in the series, such as the Rival, Whitney, and Clair. Gen 7 and 8 in particular started the horrendous trend of putting human characters above the Pokemon. Also Gen 8's story is fucking garbage lmao.
>Kanto's wild Pokemon are too low-level!Absolutely dumb argument, you don't need to fight every wild battle, and in Kanto it wouldn't make sense lore-wise.
>The level curve!It's been shown time and time again this is way overexaggerated and nowhere near as bad as people claim.
>Johto-mons in Kanto!If they were all in Johto you would complain there's no new Pokemon to find in Kanto.
>Johto is tiny! Kanto is neutered!Johto is a fully-fledged region, and Kanto is still fun to explore even with the fewer dungeons and to see all the things that have changed. A point which HGSS fixes anyways.
I prefer Gen 2 over 4 but all of these arguments are fucking retarded.