>>49048432>no day/night cycleYeah this was bad
>no second regionArguably not needed, gen 2 kanto didn't have a whole lot to do except the gyms and red, should have been much more.
>no postgameYeah I found this to be true as well, you do have the regi puzzle and discovering the sky tower though which as a kid was awesome to find guideless. Emerald also had a bit more e.g battle tower, Steven battle, gym lead rebattles, Groudon and kyogre
>no apricornsYou know that the balls didn't even work properly right? The new Berry system was so much better its still in the new games to this day
>no trainer rematchesYou do
>no side activitiesSecret bases and the contests
>no daily eventsYeah those were cool, similar to day night cycle in that it's the time/calender affecting the game. They brought it back in gen 4 thankfully
>first dex cutWith fr/lg and the colloseum games you could get everything
>no compatibility with gen 1/2Yeah this sucked but ultimately a hardware limitation, not really their fault
>started the trend of legendary-focused plotsYeah true, but before then there wasn't even a plot at all
