>>32717754It doesn't help that the other Fire types in Johto have it pretty shafted barring legends, so Cyndaquil has a huge advantage if you want one.
Fire stones can either get given to you when you're part way in Kanto, or you have to wait on one random person to call you to say "hey I got this stone, you want it?" which also applies to other stones like Water and Leaf
which is a whole other issue. So the likes of Growlithe, Vulpix and Eevee evolving through them were a rare thing.
Then there is the fact other Fire types from gen 2 being located in Kanto also, so Houndour and Slugma aren't much of an option either. Then you're just sort of left with Magby that might hatch from an egg/Magmar as a rare encounter in the burnt tower.
I like gen 2 but there were a lot of unfortunate flaws.
