>>33129955>part of the gen with possibly the overall best pokemon designsTotally subjective.
>>Good rival, third next to Blue and SilverAgreed, but Hugh is way better when may
>legendaries that require actual effort to find and catchOh pls, it was just more of a hassle for shit like the regis.
>fight both teams from r/s, and actually be able to catch both legendariespointless
>fugbad meme
>battle frontierWhich pales in comparison to gen 4s, and the Battle Train, Battle center, white forrest, black city, and PWT(literally the best post game error ever)
>introduced non-scripted double battlesnonscripted??
>rebattle gym leadersgen 5 took this to a whole other level and actually made them challenging.
>improved hatching mechanics with magma armor and flame body increasing hatching speed and everstoneHatching only got better with each gen, compared to every gen after this is nothing.
>WallyLiterally who in 3rd gen, they fixed him in 6 gen.
>god-tier startersAverage at best.
>fire/fighting starter before it was a memeliterally pointless, you can get every starter in every game.
>fixed the gym leaders of r/sSo did every other 3rd game.
>can rebattle StevenAgain, a poor mans PWT steven.
>reintroduced animated pokemon sprites and made them standard for the series from that point onWhich was pointless because they weren't continuously animated like in gen 5.
A lot of your points are that it introduce new things, well no shit. Every gen something new is introduced, everything in gen 3 has been made better in future gens.