>>51253944>Gen 2 designs are S tier, S standing for Shit>turning the series into an eugenics simulator not to mention ruining all suspension of disbelief with completely different species crossbreeding with a universal method of reproduction>On the contrary, gen 1 does great with the rocket, cubone/fuji, mewtwo and rival storylines. Gen 2 tries to rehash most of this with cheap imitations but with much less impact and it goes nowhere>Missing out on... fossils... and non garbage, not stupid looking pokemon in generalAnd I didn't even had to mention the influence of the anime creeping in """"Red's"""" ace being a fucking Pikachu and the designers admitting they made the new pokemon simpler and streamlined to facilitate their animation on the show