Honestly after playing Gen 2 again recently I've noticed a HUGE lack of pokemon early on. Like up until the 8th badge or so, there really aren't alot of pokemon for you to choose from or catch. Seriously, playing the game over again, you kind of have to take the same pokes since most of them suck and there are very little to choose from that are decent.

That's my main problem with gen 2, just a lack of variety in pokemon before the second set of badges. It's extremely annoying as I love the pacing and progression of the game's story but the lack of variety in pokes make it a chore to play through again with the same over-used pokes. Gen 3 also kind of suffers from the same thing. At least with Gen 1 there was a huge variety of pokes to choose from even from the start. Not only was there a big variety but most of them were viable options to use in the long-run. That's just not the case with Gen 2 or 3.

What do you guys think?