>finally got GBC and Silver in 2001>Crystal and GBA released not long afterwards>kids at school stopped caring about Pokemon, it's all about PS2 and GTA now>Ruby and Sapphire released just 2 years later>stuck with GBC and Gen 2 games while everyone online moved on to Gen 3>online friends who didn't move on to Gen 3 stopped updating their geocities Pokemon fansites and disappeared foreverPre-Gen 3 early 2000s is the most brutal time to be a Pokemon fan, bar none.
>>59176941>online friends who didn't move on to Gen 3 stopped updating their geocities Pokemon fansites and disappeared foreverStill a very active online forum scene back then. Pokémasters was still top of the game, Serebii was a distant #2, Bulbagarden still had its forum.But yes, it was very lonely outside of that and IRL. The event attendance dropped off a cliff.
>>59176941Gen 3 was a downgrade. A small one, but a downgrade nonetheless.
I skipped Gen 3 and most GBA games in general.
It was all downhill from Gen 1
