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>First game to feature a color palette
>First game to feature the box legends trend
>First game to provide a villain backstory and character depth
>Day/Night cycle
>Best starters of any gen (Fuck charmanderfags)
>Best OST, fuck trumpetfags
>Best visual style of any pokemon game easily
>Most content of any pokemon game (KANTOOOOOOOO, 16 gyms, battle tower, mt silver, red battle -- an actual boss fight)
>Unique gym layouts and puzzles
>Added Dark and Steel types
>Added some of the best pokemon (Espeon, Umbreon, Misdreavus, Gligar, Steelix, Scizor, Heracross, Skarmory, Houndoom, Kingdra, Tyranitar, Celebi)
>Trainer rematch system
>Bug catching contest
>Cable link trading/battling
>Special attack and defense introduced
>Battle and sprite animations, overworld sprites
Gen2 radiates SOUL of which has been unrivaled ever since. I pity zoom zooms for not experiencing pokemon at its peak. Gen 5+ fans need not apply.
