>>34086762Yellow's selling point at the time was being an anime tie-in game, especially with the following pikachu, but it did have different gym battles, sprites, movepools, and it introduced the happiness mechanic to the series. Crystal had, aside from
>>34086779 and
>>34086888, things like animated pokemon sprites, the suicune side story, and the odd egg.
The first time I remembr any sort of backlash was Gen III, due to things like the in RS being considered insultingly stupid, the (understandable) lack of backwards compatability, and, combined with the latter, the over a year wait for further Gen III GBA and GC to come out so you could at least recatch your favorites like Gengar, Blissey, and Tyrannitar.
