>>33391206Except Johto was a largely all new mon and you had to play through it to get to kanto.
I knew many kids who thought beating the elite 4 was still the end just like RBY, and never once knew about going over to the other region.
Like, after RSE came out they still didn't know. They had never beat them. Didn't bother.
I know this because it came up when we tried and failed to trade mon between gen 2 and 3. I assumed you could do it through the time machine same as 1->2. So I caught a Xatu or something, made sure it had no new moves or items, and was gonna trade it for a Togetic.
