>>50820839They weren’t insulting the Gen 2 Games, they were saying that TPC didn’t take advantage of GSC’s popularity. They dragged their asses even getting to the Johto arc and when they finally got to it, Gen 1 Pokemon still hogged most of the spotlight. Not only that but the Johto arc was overloaded with cutesy shit and filler that bored the fuck out of everyone (despite the fact that Johto gym battles and other important battles were actually really good, they were drowned out by the filler. )
Also nearly all the merch focused on Gen1 mons while Gen2 mons barely got anything, (The one exception was the TCG, which actually gave the Gen2 pokemon their fair due with the starter getting some damn good cards) there was also some new cool mechanics like dark and steel energy, but outside of the TCG, the focus was almost entirely in Gen 1 Pokemon.
The worst part Is by the time TPC grew enough brain cells to realize that NEW Pokémon deserve to be marketed, it was time for Gen 3 so Hoeen and every other Generation after got their fair share of attention, and while Johto still gets fucked over and ignored even to this day. And becaue Johto gets so overlooked it’s easy for pieces of shit like
>>50821404 to try and gaslight new fans into thinking then Gen2 games were bad
