>>37438401It's my favorite game, but...
>Dated mechanicsPre-split sucks, I don't give a damn about your meme of slapping elemental punches on everything.
>Poor movepoolsSome Pokémon just don't have reliable attacking moves, especially for their STAB. Grass is stuck with either Solarbeam or 60 BP Gigadrain, Steel with inaccurate moves, Flying with Aerial Ace or two-turns moves, Bug with Misshorn or Silver Wind and so on.
>Maxie/Archie's planI love these two guys, but their plans, while suggestive, barely make any sense.
>RivalSTILL won't evolve the starter.
>Steven's fightI'm not complaining about Wallace being the Champion: I like him and I like the cape they gave him. I don't like how Steven uses the rival theme and can't be rebattled, unlike previous superboss Red.
>No League rematchFRLG had it. Why doesn't Emerald? There are Gym Leaders rematches too, so I don't see the reason.
>Lugia/Ho-oh locked behind an event (applies to FRLG too)Why? No other game does this. GSC didn't. Was it to sell extra Gamecubes?
Many of these got fixed in the remake. Which, however, added many other problems we all know.