>>25052284>Generic criminals do things that have no real affect on you, while you go from town to town because Pokedex? And fight the gym leaders because ???Kanto was a very dull region. Johto did the non-linear thing better, and you can't compliment Gen I on the story because it practically didn't have a story.
And don't pretend that Kanto wasn't a boring idyllic fantasy world, it was just as idyllic as the other regions.