The reason why Johto is the most bland generation

Is because it was never meant to stand on its own. It was always just a SEQUEL to compliment the first generation. As you know sequels are inherently inferior. That’s why Kanto mons make up the majority of wild Pokémon and the Gym leaders parties. Think of it as just an expansion

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It was a lazy cashgrab. Tajiri had an interesting idea but beyond that he was a complete hack incapable of making a properly functional game. If Masuda did not come in to save the series and put it on track it would have died after Gen 2

that doesn't really excuse picrel

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The only bad thing about Johto are Kris and Lyra. Terrible MCs.

It's an expansion that improves and fixes a lot of the bullshit and messes they made with gen 1. They perfected a formula with those games that was still barely a sketch in gen 1, and is the peak in the series.

Sequels are inferior only if you are a moviefag. Many video game sequels are superior to the first entries: Street Fighter II, Mass Effect 2, The Witcher 2, Daggerfall and so on.

>It's an expansion that improves and fixes a lot of the bullshit and messes they made with gen 1.
While introducing a bunch of other bullshit and messes like a broken level curve, shit pokemon distribution, unmemorable designs, a boring region, it goes on

>Tajiri had an interesting idea but beyond that he was a complete hack incapable of making a properly functional game.
What was he supposed to do

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Gen 2 was also supposed to be the last generation so they said fuck it and pulled designs out their ass

Saying it's intentionally bad doesn't chamge the fact that it happened. It's fine to believe this, but you can't force others to look at it differently when every other first version pair is basically the same.

>is the peak in the series
in terms of what exactly

>graphics/visuals
>music/sound
>creature and character design
>mechanics and gameplay

all of these elements improved even in the gen immediately following, and onward

johto being a "peak" is a laughable statement

>a broken level curve, shit pokemon distribution, unmemorable designs, a boring region, it goes on
yeah
don't forget about the shitmons and poor move selections

She's fat and perfect

Johto sucks so much ass it's unbelievable. These threads cannot convey the absolute void gen 2 was compared to litterally any other gen in existence. Nostalgia is one hell of a drug

>they said fuck it and pulled designs out their ass
they did actually try to come up with designs that aren't terrible, as proven here by what got cut

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Fuck off 'bort
Go back to Discord

Be a better director. Okay, genwun was his first try. We'll be nice and give him a pass. There was no excuse for Gen 2 to be the shitfest it turned out to be. Gen 3 came out with a new director and was immediately far better on a game design level.

Everyone likes the cut mons much more than the lazy and forgettable designs we ended up getting, which goes to show how incompetent Gamefreak was back then.

cope and seethe

I want to see Typhlosion's dong and belly expansion

>graphics/visuals
Yes the soulful 8+-frames of Crystal sprites alone blow the ugly ass lifeless 2-frames sprites of Emerald and beyond.

>music/sound
Gen 2 is peak 8-bit soundfont for Pokémon, and has loads of memorable themes. Johto town themes >>>>>>>>>>>
Can't even remember anything past gen 5 and played those games.

>creature and character design
It's better than the cringy Digimon designs of gen 3-4 and certainly better than the cringy nu-gen 5+ James Turnercore designs.

>mechanics and gameplay
The only objective thing missing is physical/special thing. Otherwise the special attack/defense makes it more balanced than gen 1, and the fights are less of a slog with the lack of abilities of gen 3.

the average johtocuck, everyone

>Everyone
no?
I only see johtoddlers with shitty/no-taste lament the garbage that got excised

there are only a handful of bad redesigns such as girafarig, remoraid and octillery, and then the rest were rightfully discarded

I don't see how anyone with taste can defend those beta designs

nah I hate Johto

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Samefagging shizo