Fair Verona
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Speaking of unpopular opinions, gen III probably saved the pokemon franchise for me. I never bought Gold/Silver/Crystal because I didn't like any of the pokemon and that was arguably my least favorite arc of the anime. It was hardly worth it to get teased and bullied over something so uninteresting. Even to this day I really didn't like playing through the original Gold/Silver. While the second region was nice in theory, it was so unfleshed out and the game is so clunky that it just didn't hold up to someone who already lacked nostalgia in the first place. Though gen II isn't my least favorite, that's only because the remakes fixed some of the bigger problems of the originals.
Gen III is the first pokemon game that actually felt... finished. The battle system was fixed, the storyline was simple but not annoying and in your face, pokemon designs with a nice variety, and a unique region that still hasn't been matched IMO. I've been able to replay R/S/E and Firered and Leafgreen multiple times, wheras trying to play gens I and II get old really fast as they are so humdrum compared to their remakes. Though I could see backwards compatibility being somewhat annoying, I also make special teams for each games so that's never going to be a gamebreaking thing. I rarely even use the pokemon I port into the new genrations.
They are very flawed... but every pokemon game is unbelievably flawed. What you like all depends on which flaws you tolerate. That's also why I have high hopes for the remakes, as they can fix the flaws and make my favorites even better.
Gen III is the first pokemon game that actually felt... finished. The battle system was fixed, the storyline was simple but not annoying and in your face, pokemon designs with a nice variety, and a unique region that still hasn't been matched IMO. I've been able to replay R/S/E and Firered and Leafgreen multiple times, wheras trying to play gens I and II get old really fast as they are so humdrum compared to their remakes. Though I could see backwards compatibility being somewhat annoying, I also make special teams for each games so that's never going to be a gamebreaking thing. I rarely even use the pokemon I port into the new genrations.
They are very flawed... but every pokemon game is unbelievably flawed. What you like all depends on which flaws you tolerate. That's also why I have high hopes for the remakes, as they can fix the flaws and make my favorites even better.