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What are some gripes you have with the franchise or specific games that you have but don’t see others make?
Not to dogpile on gen 2 (it’s still one of my favorites) but GSC have somewhat of a disappointing TM selection compared to RBY. Some of the most powerful TMs are removed- Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, and Explosion. The elemental punches were a good get, but only if you’re one of the handful of special attackers that really benefit from them. A lot of the other new TMs are gimmicky attacks or status moves with little useful application. The only new powerful ones I can think of are Iron Tail, Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball. Curse is certainly very good competitively, at least. It just strikes me as a shame since they could have easily rounded out the gen 1 TM selection simply by replacing some of the useless ones like Razor Wind with strong STABs for types that didn’t have a TM for one, like Megahorn for Bug.
Not to dogpile on gen 2 (it’s still one of my favorites) but GSC have somewhat of a disappointing TM selection compared to RBY. Some of the most powerful TMs are removed- Fire Blast, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Rock Slide, Swords Dance, and Explosion. The elemental punches were a good get, but only if you’re one of the handful of special attackers that really benefit from them. A lot of the other new TMs are gimmicky attacks or status moves with little useful application. The only new powerful ones I can think of are Iron Tail, Sludge Bomb and Shadow Ball. Curse is certainly very good competitively, at least. It just strikes me as a shame since they could have easily rounded out the gen 1 TM selection simply by replacing some of the useless ones like Razor Wind with strong STABs for types that didn’t have a TM for one, like Megahorn for Bug.
