>>27022433>Is it nostalgia blindness?Absolutely. Oldfags who want to not be lumped in with facebook casual geewunners make gen 2 their favorite, because they consider it the cutoff for "TRUE Pokemon." Sinnohfoeti consider Johto their favorite because of HGSS's meme status and the fact that it was more tolerable than the trainwreck that was Sinnoh, and so seemed amazing to their young minds.
So you see a disproportionate amount of praise for gen 2, usually couched in valueless nostalgia qualifiers like "comfy" and "soul" and "atmosphere."
