>>55749987>stupidly expensive to get and awful in battle My guy
That's a YOU problem
Porygon was the OG baller pokemon. You had to save your pennies up to get him. All the kids at the playground could only dream of affording Porygon after spending their pokedollars on stupid crap.
Meanwhile, those of refined taste and pedicure could not only just buy Porygon, but also HYPERBEAM. This is before the split. You get Sharpen and Hyperbeam on Porygon, you just destroy everything. Even otherwise, Tribeam is OP too.
The fact you have to pay big bucks to get your Porygon online was a FEATURE. Players SHOULD get the opportunity to train and get pokemon in varieties of different methods beyond just catching and grinding. The fact that you can't just buy OP pokemon and TMs in newer games and can catch evolved stone pokemon in the wild is a negative.
