>>47392779>evolution stones can be bought at anytime>powerful and useful TMs can be found throughout the game, before 4th gym you can easily have ice beam, thunderbolt, bubble beam, body slam, dig (100 BP in gen 1), psychic, rock slide>after surf you can add just about any pokemon in the game to your team that you want>natural geography, fire types aren't restricted to muh volcano area, ice types aren't restricted to muh ice mountain areagen 1 is fun because the game lets you have good pokemon and good moves early and doesn't try to dripfeed things strictly. even though I liked gen 2, this was when GF started deciding that you shouldn't have good things be too available, like powerful TMs (seriously, mud-slap, fury cutter and attract as the first three gym leader rewards?) or evolution stones
