>>43939365Back then graphics straight up mattered less, because they were all pretty basic. Also, pixel art is often seen as timeless and charming regardless of detail, fact of the matter is that consistency in artstyle mattered way more, and gen 2 had that in spades. Gen 2's artstyle is as good as it needed to be for the game that it was in. 3D graphics are in no way timeless, so seeing outdated textures is in no way "Charming" or a "Consistent artstyle", it's an obvious oversight in graphical quality due to limited time rather than an artstyle choice like gen 2 was. People need to stop acting like the complaints about gen 's graphics are equally as deserved for gen1-3 and partially gen 4 and 5, simpler graphics means less people are looking for the graphics to be actually good even for their time.
