>in gen 1 you could realistically catch em all since there are only 151 and you only need to trade 10-20 pokemon over>by gen 3 you need to catch 386 and you need 4 games + a gamecube + 2 more gamesThis is why the games got worse, play one of the romhacks that let you obtain every pokemon on one save and you'll understand, theres no incentive to collect any pokemon if theres like 1000 of them and you need 18 different games, 151 or 251 is small enough to be manageable and makes exploring every new area feel worth it and makes the battling more interesting since you need to share exp around, especially without the exp share, if you arent catching them all theres simply no reason to do anything other than mash a through every battle and line of dialogue
The concept of catching them all was always a meme seeing as you quite literally could not catch them all in any game at any point until Legends Arceus.And even for Gen 1 there was I think one mass distribution of Mew in the United States for like 4 days. After that, get bent, you will never ever legitimately obtain it.
The way that Pokemon games are naturally full of playground mystery and the sense that there's almost always some mysterious thing that might be technically obtainable somehow but beyond your reach is a huge draw to them that makes them perpetually fascinating tin ways that few other JRPGs are.
>>750309595I just finished the Emerald 386 Romhack by Razormime a couple weeks ago and I have to say I fully agree with you. being able to finally completed a Pokedex was kino and seeing Pokemon in a game I've never seen before made it feels like a new experiencehighly recommend
>>750309595>theres no incentive to collect any pokemon if theres like 1000 of them and you need 18 different gamesSounds like you just don't like challenges.>151 or 251 is small enough to be manageable and makes exploring every new area feel worth itDid you think there are 300 Pokemon per route or something? Don't be retarded.>if you arent catching them all theres simply no reason to do anything other than mash a through every battle and line of dialogueYou're such a lazy faggot holy shit.
>>750309595Most pokemon games have pretty poor monster variety.151 is really not enough, especially considering you don't fucking see most of them or see them once when a trainer has them251 really also isn't enough if they want to have so many not even be available until the post game in specific areas never used by trainers.They easily could have 400-500 because of their retarded design choices before you actually faced a good variety all throughout the game.It isn't an issue of the number of pokemon, its an issue of how they are used.
>>750310612Gold and silver pissed me off with this shit, what the fuck do you mean i cant get houndour or murkrow til kanto. bullshit.
>>750309595The Legends games have smaller Pokedexes and aren't split into multiple versions, so there's that.
>>750310714I get Houndoom because of its type advantage against like half the Johto gyms but Murkrow is ass.
>>750310229genwun mew literally just injected it into your save file, no different than just cheating it in yourself
You win the game when you beat everyone at battle. The tagline is just dishonest marketing slop.
I 100%d Blue once, one time, and told myself I would never waste my life doing shit like that in a video game ever again.I was 9 years old when I realized game hacking is valid and people who get their penties twisted about it don't qualify as human.
>>750309595>theres no incentive to collect any pokemon if theres like 1000 of them and you need 18 different gamesDid they not just cut half the national dex, so there's only 500 now
