>>50503344>I've haven't counted but its likely Kanto had MORE "single stage cancer" on release than Johto did, but everyone gives Kanto a pass because those were carried by the Gen 2 evolutions:gen 1 single stages 25/151
gen 2 single stages 27/100
notice how the gen 1 single stage mons are all special in some way and late game (besides onix which is still special by being the largest and heaviest pokemon/the first boss and farfetchd which is an intentional jokemon)
meanwhile gen 2's are mostly completely random shit thrown around with no rhyme or reason like my mom's dragonfly, my mom's blowfish, my mom's coral with a smilley face, my mom's deer, etc or just the most asinine gimmicks like a santa claus bird that gives presents, a painter dog that copies moves or the alphabet
