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>no rival
>battle tower removed
>E4 replaced with self-inserts
>gender ratios changed so male Pokemon are now harder to get (male Pokemon are still stronger though so you'll still prefer them on your team)
>50% of the NPCs are now black, even though Johto is based in Japan
>many Pokemon now completely broken because they can learn moves they previously had no access to, making the game too easy (eg Raichu gets Fly, Surf, all elemental punches etc.)
>underground battle stadium/tournament is glitchy and prone to crashing the game
>open world novelty is fun for 5 minutes until your realise that this completely hollows out the experience
Bad hack. Just play Perfect Crystal instead - vanilla Gen 2 experience with all of the QoL features you need + all 251 Pokemon.
