>>20981399Cyndaquil is best mon, that is enough on its own.
Other design I appreciate are Larvitar line, Houndour line, Slugma line, Skarmory, Qwilfish, Steelix and Kingdra, among many others
Gen II had the best balance between badass and goofy design in my opinion
>>20981524I put Platinum as the hardest because it was the hardest throughout the whole game on several occations.
Emerald was a runner-up, Tate and Liza is the hardest Gym Leaders in any game, but some other areas are total push overs in Hoenn. Making lv70 Rayquaza avaible before the post-game is just weird, even though you don't have to use it.
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