>>15593895I loved HGSS, too, don't get me wrong. I'm not hating on it by any means but it had some serious issues:
That level scaling, first off.
Limited availability of Johto Pokémon. Some Johto Pokémon limited to one route in Kanto. Gym Leaders use mostly Kanto Pokémon.
Tiny, stunted Kanto. The postgame could've been absolutely excellent but you can rush around Kanto in 20 minutes with your postgame team and beat every single GL with no effort whatsoever.
Johto itself suffers just because it's attached to Kanto. The region is aesthetically and culturally my favorite, but it suffers a lot from being essentially an add-on.
HGSS could have fixed all of these problems and for some reason they chose not to. I will never understand why.
