>>36677679>Plus, a few more Gen 2 pokemon are pushed to the Kanto post-gameObjectively false, almost all of Gen 2's Pokemon become available before the elite four in HGSS
>Larvitar in the safari zone>Murkrow in the safari zone and pokewalker>Misdrevous in the route 47 cave>Slugma via the password egg>Kantomons that were previously unavailable in Johto via the safari zone like ClefairyLeaving
>The Houndour line>Sneasel>Blissey>Porygon 2 but that line is locked behind post-game/a lot of work usually>Elekid and Pichu because they're babies of KantomonAs the only gen 2 Pokemon on the other side of your first elite four match.
>But HGSS still has those same issues as GSC except with held/key items instead of stones.Im genuinely not sure what this means.
>and the new Gen 4 cross evolution items are only available at HGSS' Battle Frontier or post-game NPC interactions. Shit's crazy.You clearly never played FrLg because HGSS received praise for how much more lax it was about "purity" than the first remakes in the series.
Gamefreaks original plan for remakes had basic shit like Friendship evolution to Crobat, Umbreon or Blissey turned off until after the elite four was completed, and you couldn't communicate with RSE or the gamecube pokemon games until after the elite four was completed either.
Meanwhile, HGSS lets you interact with DPPt and Pokemon Battle Revolution square away, easily allowing you access to things like Magmarizers and Shiny Stones if you want to bypass that design decision, while at the same time not blocking Ancient Power/Rollout evolution like FrLg would have done.
It's incredibly lax and any player can bypass it without issue if it bothers them to such an extent, but let's be honest, Pokemon like Magmar, Murkrow and Rhydon aren't exactly unviable without these evolutions, you can easily get through the initial elite four match with NFEs (Bruno even has one).
