>>56319625it was 2010 you drooling retard, no pokemon game had this yet outside of the EXP ALL from gen 1.
HGSS were the best of the best classic pokemon games, and Falkner is still to-date the hardest opening gym leader because of Roost and Mudslap; Mudslap is super effective on at least one starter, neutral on the others, and Roost gives the battle plenty of longevity.
you can trade for Rocky the Onix, but she's worth fuck all because *Onix*.
Whitney is notorious for being a player filter.
Morty has a Dream-Eater ghost team that can actually hit normal types
Clair's Kingdra is notorious for being a pain in the ass
half of the gyms have more of a reputation for being progression walls than most other regions have; every region has *maybe* one wall, but Johto has *four*, and depending on route and team comp, five with Jasmine's steel team.
overworld encounters were a mistake and make grinding for low rarity pokemon take even longer, jesus fuck i hate randomised overworld encounters. only Ranger did it well.
HMs are a non issue, the only bad one in that gen is Flash which is entirely optional since you are never required to enter a dark cave to progress the story.
Johto is less linear than every other region except gen 1 Kanto and Paldea, you can do the last four badges in any order you want.
just admit you never played HGSS.
