>>57683513>Especially those like Johto mons who lets be real a lot of them do suckJohto has more than its fair share of shitmons, but the issue is overblown. Back then most pokemon were unoptimized generalists who weren't even guaranteed to get STAB by level up. It just that Johtomons are by far the pokemon game freak respects the least, at least out of the early gens so its mons get fucked over the worst by powercreep.
Though Colosseum was not the best showing for them because:
they just ported level up moves from Gen 2. Compare that to FRLG which improved the levels up moves of most Kanto Pokemon.
Reduced TM pool robbed some Pokemon of coverage/power they would have gotten in the MSG
The Shadow Mechanic makes leveling up Pokemon awkward
Battles are overall harder than in the MSG, so the game is less forgiving to weaker mons
Also the Umb/Espeon, Johto Starter, & Legendary Dog/Cat/Gerbil are so good and available soon enough that they overshadow almost everything else. Overall it seems the
https://www.smogon.com/ingame/guides/col_ingametiers1/4 great, 1/4 good worth adding, 1/4 outclassed/would be good if available sooner, 1/4 unusable garbage
>This is probably why she hated it. I think she mentioned she is a younger millennial and was probably like ten or early teens when she played it and probably got filtered from the mons she was given.been a while since I watched it but iirc that's part of it but less about the challenge or the Pokémon selection and more about the balancing. Also, she's not a fan of how out of place it seems compare do other Pokemon games, the story, the edgy early 2000s vibe, and the the Gen 3 protoDexit meaning you had to play it to get Johto Pokemon.
