>>55163873technically yes, but that was all to do with technical limitations, ones they tried to remedy with firered and leafgreen, and the implementation of that one random cave that had nothing in it would have filled in some more missing pokemon.
Not defending it, but there is a complete difference between being unable to hook up the mess that was gen 1 and 2 cartridges and make them play nice with gen 3 games without breaking them, vs modern day where they intentionally make so many hurdles for players and make you pay every step of the way. Like why do we need 2 versions anymore other than to double dipping the sales...? and then remove chunks of the roster to warrant paying money for a "DLC" that is a singular map?
