HGSS are the best games in the series, and I get physically angry whenever some zoomer has the audacity to say otherwise. I've been playing the games since 1996 and have watched the quality rise and dip, all the way up to SWSH. Nothing has surpassed the HGSS experience.
>pokemon follow you
>best region aesthetically
>team rocket
>best music in series, + gb sounds
>best/most memorable trainers(red, blue, lance, karen, whitney, jasmine, claire)
>best rival w/ lore
>best special events(giovanni fight)
>pokewalker
Debate me you fool, you will lose