>>58817108CLASSIC gen 1 was pokemon figuring out what they wanted to do to get into the market, and thus took the most chances with whatever the fuck they thought was cool. gen 2 was an extension of that since it was in development as pretty much the same timeframe gen 1 was.
any remakes of KANTOOOO (even including firered/leafgreen to a small extent but eh) are naught but soulless cashgrabs and only sanitize the rocky past because now they have to appeal to shareholders and soccer moms as much as devs try not to.