>>56080697>>56080713>hardly matters outside of competitive.And even then this wasn't true when during Gen 2, the context during which Gen 2 Pokemon were made. They were just as strong as the GenWun Pokemon everyone cocksucks and even during Gen 3, Gen 2 Pokemon were still strong (argueable stronger than Gen 3 mons). .
The only reason Gen 2 Pokemon are so weak now is due to the powercreep, but not having GenWun privilege of constant shilling and buffs or Hoenn's Mega-verse privilege.
>>can't buy basic evolution stones>you can in the pokeathlon.and funny enoiugh you don't need the locked stones to obtain any Gen 2 Pokemon, the locked stones are all for Gen 1 Pokemon, of the new Gen 4 evos.
>and the level indeed a problem is something aNot even denying this, but the only Gen to debatably have a good level curve is Gen 5 because of the weird way it calculates Exp, and even then Unova Pokemon taking forever to evolve or sets this benefit (I haven't played Gen 5 so I cant actually confirm this but I've heard people complain about it)
So really the only thing Johto can be faulted for that other gens don't also do is not using Gen 2 Pokemon enough in NPC's teams, and this genuine point falls apart a bit because if you look past the gym leaders the Sprout Tower boss uses hoothoot, Archer uses Houndoom, and the Elite 4 uses several Johtomons.
