>>54413506 >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 pokemon 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>loved by reddit and shilled on /vp/ by discord group>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 Pokemon 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>gave up on level progression and plot halfway through>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 1Where's your arguments, Johturd
