>>27154168Climate diversity. First two gens were either cave, forest, or ocean with the limited palette of the gbc. GBA gave us a huge color palette and it was used to its fullest extent in hoenn with desert, volcano, ash debris, jungle tops, underwater, each island in hoenn was unique.
It felt like i was actually exploring and getting some where and seeing something new as i played the game.
Also introduced rival teams. which wasnt done before or since. which is good because it gives people one more thing to fight about which one is better.
