>Starters are either loved or hated with meganium indisputably being in the run for one of the worst starters (still love the line)
>Silver as a rival is arguably the last good rival we've had in a main line pokemon game
>Team Rocket 2 was a bit copy and paste, but was executed fairly well
>Legendaries were well foreshadowed and had amazing lore with the Bell Tower and are still among the best designed legendaries to date
>Had some of the most iconic gym leaders, and Lance's mid-game cameo and story involvement was good
>Amazing Elite 4
>Got to revisit Kanto in its changed entirety allowing us to challenge all the old gym leaders
>First and only game to introduce 2 new typings which were great additions to the game
>S tier pseudo legendary with the still one of a kind typing
>Final post game battle against Red was amazing
Major cons
>The dex filled with shit mons with nearly half of the new mons being complete shit and only having a hand full of great designs
>Shit baby mons
>Whirlpool
>Shit leveling curve (personally enjoyable, but can be grindy)
>Annoying telephone mechanic
Definitely far from the worst pokemon game. Id say gen 6 or 7 are in the runnings for the worst generations. Loved a lot of the new mechanics in those games, but comparing things like stories, characters, content, and gameplay, they fall short
