>>53956571Incorrect. Even adults loved Pokemon Gold at the time. It was unanimously praised by people who enjoyed video games. Every magazine of the era rated it highly. You can't re-write history they/them zoomer, I lived through it.
ign.com/articles/2000/10/17/pokemon-gold - a 23 year old review of the game published by an adult at that time.
The sprites in Gen 2 are art, they took angles and had unique character that the 3D models of today lack. Not only were the sprites better, they were in Color for the first time. It was a massive leap in technology for the time and I can understand why it doesn't make sense to you. Life in general was better before 9/11 DESU zoomette