>>21077004It's all just nostalgia, OP. Every single gen has what gen 1 has (although there is a bit more handholding in newer games and there are tons of new features).
>slightly more monstersI don't know OP, there are some pretty monstrous new pokemon too. i.e. every fully-evolved dragon type ever made that isn't altaria or dragonite, the vast majority of dark-types, electivire, magmortar, mamoswine, honchkrow, all of the big legendary pokemon ever made, all of the starters up to gen 6, and the list goes on.
>not cute animal buddiesMay I remind you that the vast majority of 1st stage pokemon in gen 1 are in fact "cute animal buddies". Some even stay cute for their entire evolutionary line (i.e raichu and wigglytuff).
>you against the worldAnd you can return home at any time and have a nice meal made by your mommy. Right.
>darker overworldOh, so Sky Pillar, Mt. Pyre, Spear Pillar, Mt. Coronet, the Solaceon Ruins, Fullmoon Island, Turnback Cave, the OLD CHATEAU, Distortion World, Celestial Tower, P2 Lab, Giant fucking Chasm, Abyssal Ruins, Strange House, Team Flare's Lab, and the Winding Woods aren't dark or creepy at all?
You're either nostalgiafagging so hard that you're ignorant to the fact that every other pokemon game is the same as gen 1 (they all have the same aspects and shit in them, just more legendaries and more story) or you've just never played anything past gen 2. Don't make a thread and not consider what later gens had in common with gen 1 (basically almost fucking everything).