>>55281517Appreciate your response a lot and likewise :) I've been thinking on what I've said so I'll be completely honest with you.
My first games were FRLG/Emerald/Diamond in some order that I can't really remember because I was so young, I think I'm biased against RBY because I grew up with the "updated" versions so the originals looked inferior to me in every way in a jarring sense, but they're such faithful remakes that it's pretty dumb to say such things in hindsight. I'm no different than a "genwunner with nostalgia goggles" because my nostalgia goggles are slightly more recent. I also gotta acknowledge that the gen 1 games do a lot within the context of the time, the Gameboy's limitations and cartridge size limits make them stand out as other anons have mentioned.
At this point FRLG are about to hit their 20th anniversary but I'm still playing their romhacks all the time compared to modern titles and they look as good to me now as they did then, if not better. That makes me a hypocrite in a sense, I was even interested in the Gen 1 Kanto Expansion Pak that dropped recently too. You have changed my mind somewhat so I appreciate you sharing your perspective with me, even if gen 1 will never be my first pick.
