>>52804479NTA but Game Freak did hate Gen2 previously, that’s why the starters constantly being neglected or sabataged (ie being skipped over for megas) But due to recent changes, it seems that the employees who hated Johto left for one reason or another and replaced with newer employees with better taste, hence Johto getting some well deserved respect, there are still some Johto-hatera at Game Freak but they are far in the minority now.