>>37963041>Post official art and other arguments that clearly prove that>You have no proof of thatBased retard
>it seem like a conscious decisionoh yeah and that's why other versions like Crystal and HGSS have modified some of the encounters so that you could catch them in Johto, that totally wasn't because they fucked up or anything
But even if it was it's still an incredibly retarded game design choice (both putting new Pokemon in a postgame area or making them hard to find), it's a new game, a new region, new types, people expect new Pokemon not the same shit as before with some occasional scraps
That's something you really shouldn't do EXPECIALLY when don't have that many new Pokemon, some of these not being that good to begin with, it's not a "philosphy" it's called mental retardation
>b-but no you don't understand they are supposed challenging to get, muh casuals these days want everything blah blah blah...Shut the fuck up already, other dexes like Hoenn for ex. still featured rare low encounter pokemon but still had plenty of new ones to encounter and without making the old ones overshadow these new ones