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R/S/E was the best starting point for anyone joining the series and those who got into Pokémon via Hoenn should consider themselves the luckiest of the fanbase:
>Peak art style.
>Retained good mechanics from previous games while ditching the bad ones.
>Natures actually make every single Pokémon feel unique.
>Evil team goal actually draws you into the plot instead of them just being smugglers like Team Rocket.
>Legendries actually matter to the plot: the battles against Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza went above and beyond anything that came before.
>First rival to have actual character growth.
>First gen to have actual good (great!) sprites.
>Contests add a whole new way to play the game on top of the main quest.
>One of the best soundtracks of the series.
>What’s more fun than a bike? Two bikes!
>Introduced some of the BEST Pokémon ever: Gardevoir, Milotic, Salamence, Metagross, Rayquaza.
>Chose only the best Pokémon from previous regions to add to the regional Pokédex.
>Post Pokémania so being into Pokémon actually meant something and wasn’t just a fad.
>Peak art style.
>Retained good mechanics from previous games while ditching the bad ones.
>Natures actually make every single Pokémon feel unique.
>Evil team goal actually draws you into the plot instead of them just being smugglers like Team Rocket.
>Legendries actually matter to the plot: the battles against Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza went above and beyond anything that came before.
>First rival to have actual character growth.
>First gen to have actual good (great!) sprites.
>Contests add a whole new way to play the game on top of the main quest.
>One of the best soundtracks of the series.
>What’s more fun than a bike? Two bikes!
>Introduced some of the BEST Pokémon ever: Gardevoir, Milotic, Salamence, Metagross, Rayquaza.
>Chose only the best Pokémon from previous regions to add to the regional Pokédex.
>Post Pokémania so being into Pokémon actually meant something and wasn’t just a fad.
