>>56361843Wrong
>>56364578They manage to make the world feel more vibrant and alive, something incredible on such a small handheld. Also, anyone who says that mechanics which enhance the ability to hunt and find Pokemon in a game where that's one of the main mechanics is bad clearly has no idea what they're talking about.
>>56361880>awful Pokemon distributionNo, play Pokemon games with genuinely bad distribution first. In Sinnoh, if you don't take Chimchar, you don't get any Fire types outside of Ponyta.
>needlessly time wasting gimmicks like swarms, roamers, trees, day and night encounters to further neuter the distribution and pad the game outYou're a zoomer, I mean that genuinely. Not every game is meant to be speedrun and livestreamed.
>the bad showcasing of new pokemon; very few important NPCs use Johto mons This is a literal nonissue. Sorry this was Pokemon 2 as opposed to endless rehash fill out the formula installment.
>the painstakingly slow hp barsThis applies to like half the series
>all wildlife encounters past the third gym are too low level to be worth usingYou train and level up the Pokemon you want to use, this isn't even that difficult considering the game's level curve. It's easy to add new mons.
>>56361951This Anon gets it.
>>56362035>Neither generation aged very well though.They both aged pretty well actually. Pokemon Gen 1 is a very arcadey experience perfect for zoomers today, while Gen 2 is a more relaxed and comforting experience.
>>56362779In Kanto on the route near Celedon. It's really cool, you're constantly given new Pokemon to discover in the game!
>>56364600Gen 2 absolutely was the peak of the art direction in the games. The spritework and color schemes are perfect.
