>>56291663I played these first, then Gen 1 both as a kid, and since LGPE when it came out.
The definitive best way to experience Kanto is straight up just RB, to me, played on a GBC.
>The most open version there is, even without exploiting glitches, and if you do its straight up open world>OG artsyle and sprites, not a single Pokémon would ever look as cool as they do in Gen 1 sprites again>No handholding past Brock, least total in any game>Original score before it got nerfed by LGFR>Actually having to manage inventory space like a real rpgLGFR looks ugly to me. The graphics are technically superior, obviously, but the style just doesn't look right. All the sprites for Pokémon by Gen 3 look sanitized and have less personality.
Abilities, improved learnsets, Dark/Steel type, held items have varying impact on the campaign from literally none to barely at all to situational.
The games are locked to prevent you from obtaining nat dex mons, even something like Crobat, to the absolute end of the postgame. The really may as well have not been included. There was not anything worth using them for by that point.
Speaking of the postgame, Sevii Islands, they're alright, but it does kinda feel like a way to cram all the Gen 2&3 features into the game in a disconnected way, and it's annoying thinking about them when I just want to get to Cerulean Cave or trade with Emerald. Feels like a chore because of that stupid decision.
Also, I know Yellow brought a lot of misc improvements, but I think getting handed all 3 starters, not being able to obtain Raichu just to try to force you to use Pika, anime references shoehorned in, is all cringe.
