>>44877332For what it was, it was enjoyable. Cheap, but not without a certain level of polish. I actually enjoyed the ball throwing mechanics though they could be made more accurate, and riding/following was the best it's ever been. Having Red/Blue/Green being NPC characters was interesting and for once they actually acknowledged and set up Johto.
That said--
>no dark types>golbat/chansey/scyther/seadra/onix cucked yet again>korok-tier lazy/grindy postgame>pissbaby easy>some of those gym challenges>the absolute laziness that is trying to fight Jessie/James in co-opThey only seem better in comparison to SWSH because they actually kept the ADVENTURE that was inherent to Kanto. Because of Secret Techniques, it's quite literally the potentially least linear Pokemon game.
There's no excuse for the cut, though. They need to get their hands off their asses and stop cucking everything Johto brought to Kanto. Let there be night time, add the Johto evolutions AT LEAST, give the daycare a fucking purpose.
It's a microcosm of GameFreak's laziness and unwillingness to go back to their roots. They're so concerned with jeopardizing the "integrity" of Kanto that they only end up bastardizing it by setting up restrictions that never existed back in the day. Ho-oh/Donphan/Marill/Togepi were basically honorary Kanto Pokemon. There's no reason to make the same mistake you made with FRLG TWICE in the current year.
