>>46635657This is really the question, actual player events versus details, that and that different games use background details and flavor to different degrees. With Kanto you certainly have a point, the side bits build up Team Rocket more than the game had means to and sprinkle hints of things like the Legendary Birds, but off the top of my head, not every game does what Kanto does. Gen 2 has its flavor, with Johto's aesthetic and how Kanto has changed, but it doesn't change that GSC is just the player wandering around because Oak happened to give them a Pokedex on the fly, for example. At least that's always how Gen 2 struck me.
