Why does Gen1 games have some kind of weird, depressing aura to it?the region doesn't look happy, and the NPC sprites look like they were supposed to be used in a dark setting
It was the 90's
the woke culture was not mandatory yet. no real if you think about it that's why.
Because industrialization is bad and pokemon are basically mutations due to radiation, pollution and other shit.
>>57204129it kind of was a dark setting. not entirely of course, but there was a gritty aspect to Kanto. there was pollution, crime, genetic experimentation, real ghosts...there was a real dark side to the extreme urbanism of the setting, reflecting anxieties that were common in Tokyo at the time. the region has been mostly sanitized of this stuff in its various remakes.
It was Shin Sekai Yori: The Game. Think about it.
>>57204207>women gym leaders>not wokelollmao even
>>57204220Johto unironically made it look worse>viridian forest fucked up>the graveyard turned intoa radio station>cinnabar islands destroyed>seafoam islands fucked upAt least they closed the safari zone.
>>57204229Gym bunnies are one of god's greatest gifts to man
>>57204129Pokemon was intended to be a dark setting from the outset. The ashnime flanderized it.
>>57204230Wacky Deli strikes again
>>57204129Why are zoomers scared of pixels
>>57204129Because Pokemon was not initialized aimed at just children, but also adults. And not adults with nostalgia like now.
Because it was supposed to be a mildly dark setting. It had a lot of adult themes in it, like violence, death, theft, gambling. If you read the original manga for pokemon, you can see it was originally intended to go in a much darker direction than it eventually ended up in.
>>57204229/Thread anyone saying the opposite is a double standard retard
>>57204207What's it like to be that retarded
[Fog recedes]There it isThere's Celadon City
>>57204129>weirdyes, it's 90s japanesium>depressingnope, that's just an honest world filled with hope and fear, no forced pretense>the region doesn't look happynope, there is both happiness and joy, I'm getting the sense zoomers don't have the capacity for nuance>NPC sprites look like they were supposed to be used in a dark settingit's called "cool"
>>57205930>Fog recedes>Celadon City*sigh*
