One of the reasons people like gen 1 more is because of their saturation. Many, no, not many, but all of gen 1 pokemon have a low-tone saturation, their colors aren't very jazzy, and they mostly have a white tone if you go here and scroll down, you'll see that the colors get more jazzy as it goes down, and with a higher saturation. Well, that's something I don't like about new generations, but I'm not a pure genwunner, I don't go hatin' because I want to, is just that new pokemon get in bigger mistakes, for example crabrawler, it looks like something disney would do! and it's not okay (I like many of the new gen pokemon, but not all of them) And no, it's not just a coincidence, it's a fact, try making a charmander with higher saturation, it will start looking like sh*t there are many other reasons why gen1 are more respected than newer generations (or at least for me), if you want me to say them, just ask...