>>37602751Serious question, are hoennbabies the worst of this fandom? Even worse than genwunners.
With genwunnersI find even those that only attach themselves to the series excusable because of how massive Pokémon was at the time. There are a lot of us who started with the first gen that are tired of Kanto as well.
With Gen 2 the series was still very "hot", and even though these games at the time were seen as going to be the last iteration they were very well done. A lot of interesting mechanics were introduced including breeding/nightday cycles/friendship/berries/etc(I could go on but I won't), the region was designed as a nice contrast to the first as it pulled from more of the actual Japanese culture and history than Kanto did, and the story felt like a genuine continuation of the world previously established.
But gen 3 seemed to wildly throw itself off course from the series, to its detriment. I know this is the first gen directed by masuda, and that he was trying to prove himself, but it seemed to be a massive fumble. Basic mechanics that were later reintroduced were removed like the Night-Day cycles, the story seemed to twist into a perversion of "kid goes on an adventure to be a pokémon trainer, finds a bit of trouble along the way but because of their skill they win" to "kid is chosen to save the world from unfathomable godlike forces threatening the end of humanity.".
