>>42769804To be honest, Johto was supposed to be a sequel rather than it's own thing. The original concept was nice (exploring the whole Japan) but it wouldn't be possible on the Gameboy. Removing Kanto would may have made Johto longer and more unique by its own, but it was supposed to be the endinig of the series, so I guess they have a pass on it.
Kanto remakes on Hoenn weren't that much of an issue. If anything, they were great additions. We had 3 whole regions in gen 3, and the GC games were screaming JOHTOOOOOO if anything.
Gen 4 translated Johto and Kanto, but it also added various references like the Hoenn and Sinnoh tunes to get Pokemon from said regions. Johto also made various callbacks with trainers and stuff to expand and not be simply Kanto.
Kalos was the first 3D mainline game, and despite pandering to Kanto with the starters, they also gave Pokemon from every region their own Megas like Blaziken and Ampharos, and they also had things like the dude who arrived to Kalos just by swimming and even a reference to Alola.
>Gen 5: Surprisingly less KantoOh, there's so much wrong in that sentence.
