>>45948165Yes. It was an alright RPG with a lot of charm. The sheer number of usable Pokemon made the game very replayable, then there was the multiplayer aspect, which was never really done before.
That was just gen 1, every subsequent generation improved on the formula, the janky and unbalanced battle mechanics were ironed out (improving it from an alright RPG to a good RPG), there was more stuff to do, easier to play with friends, each new game brought somethig new without making the old games obsolete.
This changed at some point, it was a gradual change but it started with gen 5, GF started cutting corners, realized that they don't have to do shit and
