>>34816167It was.
1: The hype. Nothing will ever come close to the hype of gen 2. All we had was gen 1, and it getting a sequel was still a mystery. We didn't know jack shit. Would it even happen? Oh my god, I heard they were making a new pokemon game! Did you hear about Pikablu?
2: The gameplay. Gen two added fucking everything. We had no reference to how pokemon games COULD change- Shinies, eggs, berries, new types, new pokemon, day night, clock events, genders, breeding, cross gen evos, headbutting trees, actual pokemon history lore, roaming legendaries, meeting RED at the top of Mount Silver, HOLY SHIT. Gen 2 pioneered it all.
3: The pallet. Gen 2 was just so fucking comfy color and design wise, that there's nothing like it. The remakes were a tragedy. It was physically painful for me to play them, because they just didn't have any of the things that made gen 2 so great. I liked the following pokemon, but other than that...
