>>54761991>gen 2>most forgettable starters>Johto gym leaders don't use Johto pokemon>too many Johtomons locked behind Kanto>besides a few mons, the most competitively unviable of all gens>most available Johtomons have unappealing stats/learnsets even for a normal playthrough>awful wild Pokémon distribution>useless babymons to pad dex count>pathetic level curve>strongest wild encounter is mid lv 30>encountering lv 3-5s on your way to the 16th badge>gym leaders/champ need hacked mons>uninspired, linear map>only 4 branching paths in the Johto map, the fewest of all games>edgy fanfic-tier rival>routes are decorated hallways, only one route has a reason to revisit>cringe-tier Team Rocket plot>killed pokemania>gamefreak acknowledges that Gen 2 was the final cash in on the early craze>left Tajiri in a state of depression>created Kanto pandering>worst selling 3rd version in history>by far the most insecure and schizophrenic fanbase here>put quantity over quality to satiate toddlers at the time>doesn't make use of the GBC's full color pallet>needed Kanto to keep genwunners buying in>half of the game is an afterthought to Gen 1>other half of the game is copy-pasted gutted down Gen 1>neutered Mt. Moon>neutered Rock Tunnel>removed Cerulean Cave>removed Silph>removed Pokémon Tower>removed Kanto legendaries>neutered Victory Road>removed Seafoam Islands>removed Power Plant>neutered Viridian Forest>neutered Cinnabar>removed underground paths>removed old Rocket hideout>one of the games only exists to shill a movie>only appeal is revisiting Gen 1>failed its only appeal by neutering it which left genwunners disappointed>poor implementations of new features>completely invalidated by the remakes>shallow attempt at open world>only praise is buzzwords parroted by schizos that missed out on Gen 1do you actually like that shit?
